As the fifty days of Easter are winding up we return to a story of an appearance of the Risen Jesus. This particular passage looks like it was appended to St. John’s gospel — a story too important not to be written down. The encounter of the Risen Jesus with St. Peter contains the recurring question: do you love me? And that is the question, isn’t it? The whole point of the coming of Jesus into the world and enduring this suffering and death was so that God’s love would become evident. What else can we do in the face of such unconditional love but respond in love. “Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you.” That is the Easter story in a nutshell.
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By Church Staff