Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul on 29 June, to honour the two great apostles who laid the foundations of the early Church through their leadership, preaching, and martyrdom in Rome.

Fr Vincent Lee reminds us that Saint Peter, although a mere fisherman, unschooled and unpolished, who denied Jesus three times before Jesus’ crucifixion, became “the rock on which the Church was built” (Matt 16:18). He is entrusted by Jesus to lead His Church and is the first pope and head of the Catholic Church. Saint Paul, on the other hand, was a highly educated Pharisee named Saul, who initially persecuted early disciples until his conversion on the road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-19). Saul was renamed Paul after his conversion, spreading the gospel through his preaching and writings, and symbolizes the Church’s missionary call to proclaim the gospel to all nations.

We are reminded that we are one Church, we belong to God and are guarded and guided by the Holy Spirit.

- Sunday Homily by Fr. Vincent Low, C.Ss.R. (29 June 2025)