Friday May 9, 2008: Acts 25:13b-21; John 21:15-19

Jesus Christ understands the temptations that his disciples will face after he has returned to his Father. How many times have we decided we were going to commit more time to ministry only to find ourselves not keeping to that promise? We always have reasons why we have to work many more hours than committing that time to volunteer in the church. Jesus Christ wants to receive that commitment from Peter that he would not abandon his flock. He asks Peter if he loves him more than the world, more than his profession of fishing, and more than his own life. If you have been following the gospel story, Jesus has just prayed for his disciples to have the kind of love that the Father has for him. It is this love that Peter is invited to embrace. This love will lead Peter to give of his own profession to take care of Jesus’ flock and it is this love that will lead him to his own crucifixion.



Like Peter and the rest of the Apostles, we are also invited to embrace this love. A visible way of doing this is to deny ourselves some comforts, so that we can generously help the victims of the Cyclone in Myanmar.