Peter's service is the presidency in love, and this means taking care so that the Church draws its values from the Eucharist. The more the Church lives from the Eucharist and faithfully holds to the standard of passing on the faith, the more unified it will become. Love will also grow and mature from unity, drawing closer to the world. The Eucharist truly rests in the act of love of Jesus Christ, who did not stop even before death. The presidency in love... the "throne" of the Eucharist is not a throne of dominion, but a hard, uncomfortable stool of service and serving.
(Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, meditation on the feast of the Chair of St. Peter)
