I'll think about it. I took the feminine form of his name for my confirmation name. I don't think he would like me. Ever since I got whiff of some hard truths on the Orthodox newsgroup, I found out how mean some of those ancient men were. St. John Chrystostom said terrible things about Jews.
St. Peter would have loved the Jews, but I think he had more important, manly things on his mind than depressed women and their problems.
Like my ex-husband, the church is better off without me. You can all say "good riddance."
"St. Peter would have loved the Jews, but I think he had more important, manly things on his mind than depressed women and their problems."
St. Peter was a Jew.
However, in his day, the Jewish establishment railroaded his Savior to his death and outright murdered his Savior's brother, James. The Jewish establishment murdered the disciple, Stephen, and sent Saul of the Sanhedrin to find as many Christians as he could, try them and have them beaten and put to death.
I am afraid that in Peter's day, the Jewish establishment was the established religion, and dealt with early Christians as brutally as the Christians dealth with others later in the Spanish Inquisition or European witch trials.
Of course Peter would have nevertheless loved the Jews, and everyone else.
At any rate, he's still alive and can hear you and answer you, if you will take the trouble to talk to him.
"Like my ex-husband, the church is better off without me. You can all say 'good riddance.'"
No, the Church is not better off without you.
And you are not better off without the Church.
You've taken some bad knocks.
Don't slap away the hand from the hereafter which is the only one likely to truly give you sympathy.
Men are stupid and mean, but the angels are wise, and dead sainted men are wiser than the living.
Repose your trust on the living, and it will all fall down.
Repose your trust on the eternal, and you will not ultimately be let down.
You said you wanted to talk to Peter.
So talk to him. He'll talk back too.
Don't take my word for it, do it.
You'll see.
I'm sorry you feel that way.