From Ego to Service: Peter’s Quiet Conversion and Paul’s Bold Call
TL;DR
On the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Fr. Marion Nguyen contrasts Paul’s dramatic conversion with Peter’s quieter, costly transformation, showing Peter’s ego collapses only after Jesus meets him with patient, pastoral language. Drawing on Augustine and Cardinal Vanhoye, the piece highlights the 'ordo amoris'—a rightly ordered love—and argues leadership must be rooted in humility, not personal image, a timely critique of today’s ego-driven culture. Readers are invited to embrace a deeper conversion through honesty about our weaknesses to shepherd others faithfully.
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