Vatican City, Apr 18, 2012 / 19:08 pm
Bishop Patrick J. McGrath of San Jose, Calif. said that St. Peter’s example of following Jesus even to death should inspire present day bishops to do the same.
“The question we need to ask, it seems to me, is this – Domini quo Vadis? Lord, where do you go? And Jesus answers, and he always does, that even in spite of ourselves we need to follow where he is leading,” said Bishop McGrath at morning Mass at St. Peter’s tomb in Rome.
He was joined by his fellow bishops from California, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah who are in Rome this week, April 16 – 21, for their “ad limina” pilgrimage to the tombs of St. Peter and St. Paul.
He recalled the traditional story of St. Peter fleeing the persecution of the early Church in Rome only to meet a vision of Christ travelling in the opposite direction.