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GOSPEL POWER |MAY 21, 2021 FRIDAY
GOSPEL POWER |MAY 21, 2021
FRIDAY | Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest and Companions, Martyrs
7th Week of Easter | Gospel: Jn 21: 15 – 19
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” A second time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go. (He said this to indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God.) After this he said to him, “Follow me.”
REFLECTON
Although this scene is meant to be the rehabilitation of Peter for having denied Jesus, it is carried out with profound gentleness and compassion. There is no accusing or blaming of Peter, not even an allusion to his guilt. The only clues that remind us of Peter’s denial are first, the charcoal fire that reproduces the scene in the high priest’s courtyard; second, the threefold interrogation that gives Peter the chance to undo his threefold denial with a threefold avowal of love; third, Jesus’ addressing Peter, “Simon, son of John,” which recalls their first meeting before Peter was called “Cephas.” Peter had failed to be the “rock” on which the other disciples could lean, but now Jesus renews the original call. Peter, humbled by his experience, is now open to the workings of grace
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, thank you for your unconditional forgiveness, which, like Peter, we have also experienced. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER |MAY 21, 2021
FRIDAY | Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest and Companions, Martyrs
7th Week of Easter | Gospel: Jn 21: 15 – 19
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.” A second time he said to him, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt hurt because he said to him the third time, “Do you love me?” And he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. Very truly, I tell you, when you were younger, you used to fasten your own belt and to go wherever you wished. But when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will fasten a belt around you and take you where you do not wish to go. (He said this to indicate the kind of death by which he would glorify God.) After this he said to him, “Follow me.”
REFLECTON
Although this scene is meant to be the rehabilitation of Peter for having denied Jesus, it is carried out with profound gentleness and compassion. There is no accusing or blaming of Peter, not even an allusion to his guilt. The only clues that remind us of Peter’s denial are first, the charcoal fire that reproduces the scene in the high priest’s courtyard; second, the threefold interrogation that gives Peter the chance to undo his threefold denial with a threefold avowal of love; third, Jesus’ addressing Peter, “Simon, son of John,” which recalls their first meeting before Peter was called “Cephas.” Peter had failed to be the “rock” on which the other disciples could lean, but now Jesus renews the original call. Peter, humbled by his experience, is now open to the workings of grace
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, thank you for your unconditional forgiveness, which, like Peter, we have also experienced. Amen.