3rd week in Easter Time, Saturday – 7th May 2022 — Gospel: Jn 6,60-69
Take Risk to be His Disciple
In the Gospel we find that the Word of God is spirit and life. Simon Peter, even though he has been impetuous and cowardly at times, but you can’t deny his deep love for Jesus. There were many disciples of Jesus but most of them found difficulty in accepting or believing His teachings on the bread of life. Even though many left him and went, but only twelve remained. Jesus asked the twelve whether they too wanted to return. Peter makes a deep assertion of his faith as well as the faith of the twelve on His Word. Peter had no intention of walking away from his friendship, for he was convinced that Jesus was the Messiah. In one sense, Peter was being logical: where else could he go? Jesus was the only one whose words moved him, so it made sense to stay with him despite the teachings he couldn’t understand. But in another sense, Peter was speaking from conviction that went beyond human logic. His eyes had been opened and his reason was being infused with grace. He could have gone home and resumed his stable life of fisherman, but he decided instead to take a risk. Peter wished to risk everything on the Lord and so expressed his desire to remain with Jesus for his words.
