Readings
I - Acts 25: 13-21
II - Jn. 21: 15-19
In today’s Gospel passage Peter affirms his love for the Lord three times that sans his betrayal and ensuring constancy, credibility and steadfastness of his love for the Lord. Love is responsibility. To this love of Peter Jesus entrusts the mission of leading, feeding and tending his little flock after his heart. Jesus also predicts the martyrdom that Peter has to endure on account of his love for the Lord.
Love is healing and hurting; joy and suffering and; soothing and annoying at the same time. To love the Lord is to suffer for the Lord as well. Loving the Lord involves following his footsteps that is demanding yet worth treading. Stand for the Lord, suffer on his account and prove through life instead of just telling, “I love you Lord”. Today being first Friday, a day dedicated to the Heart of Jesus, let us resolve to make our life an unending hymn of our love for the Lord. May our mind and heart resonate with the prayer: “Jesus give me the courage to love you through my life”
