Third Sunday of Easter
May 5, 2019
Today, in Mercy, Jesus asks Peter an open-ended question, the kind that leaves us very vulnerable to the answer:
Do you love me?
Wow! What if Peter says “No”, or “Sort of” or worse yet, just stares off into the distance in silence?
And the question is kind of scary for Peter too. Maybe he’s thinking, “OK, this is it. Jesus wants me to lay it all on the line. Am I ready?”.
The Gospel poses questions to each of us today as well:
- Who and what do I really love?
- How does my primary love drive my life choices?
- Are there places in my life that lack love – places where prejudice, blindness, selfishness or hate have filled in the emptiness?
- Where is God in my loves?
St. John of the Cross wrote this:
At the end of our lives we will be judged on love.
Learn therefore to love God as God wishes to be loved.
More than enough to pray on today.❤️
Music: Where Charity and Love Prevail – a lovely English translation of Ubi Caritas, written in Gregorian chant.
Lavish Mercy 