[Grem] Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

 Friends, today’s Gospel tells of *the great engagement between the risen
Jesus and Peter. Peter knows his sin—he betrayed Jesus three times. But
Jesus brings him through the process of repentance and gives him the key to
transformation. Three times Peter denied the Lord, and so three times Jesus
asks him to reaffirm his faith: “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” *Notice
that *Christianity is not* *a set of ideas or convictions or principles.* *It
is a relationship with a person. Do you love Jesus? Has he become your
friend?*

*When Simon says yes, Jesus tests him: “Feed my lambs; tend my sheep; feed
my sheep.” The test of love is action. Are we willing to do what Jesus did?
Are we willing to go on mission on his behalf?*

Then we hear that wonderful closing section: “*When you were younger, you
used to dress yourself and go where you wanted; but when you grow old, you
will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you
where you do not want to go.” The ultimate test of discipleship is our
willingness to abandon our egos and be carried by a power greater than
ourselves*.

*Imádkozzál érettünk, Istennek szent Anyja!  Hogy méltók lehessünk Krisztus
ígéreteire!  Könyörögjünk! Kérünk téged, Úristen, öntsd lelkünkbe szent
kegyelmedet, hogy akik az angyali üzenet által szent Fiadnak, Jézus
Krisztusnak megtestesülését megismertük, az ő kínszenvedése és keresztje
által a föltámadás dicsőségébe vitessünk! Krisztus, a mi Urunk által. Ámen.*
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