against the horizon of god which has opened up before us in christ. it is built on the rock which is god to protect jesus with mary, to protect the whole of creation, to protect each person, especially the poorest, to protect ourselves. this is a service that the bishop of rome is called upon to carry out. yet one to which all of us are called upon to carry out so that the hope will shine brightly let us protect with love all that god has given us. i implore the procession of virgin mary st. joseph, saint peter paul, st. francis so the holy spirit may accompany my ministry. and i ask all of you to pray for
goodness, of tenderness. today, together with st. joseph we are celebrating the beginning of the ministry of the new bishop of rome the successor of peter which also involves a certain power. certainly jesus christ conferred power upon peter. but what sort of power was it? jesus had three questions to peter about love are followed by three commands. feed my little sheep, let us never forget that authentic power is service.