“Simon, son of John, do you love
me?” (John 21:25). Replace any one of
our own names in that first line.
Imagine Jesus asking each one of us, “Do you love me?” What is our honest response? Can we respond with sincere hearts and say,
“Yes, Lord, you know that I love you?”
Today we visited many of the sites on the shore of the Sea of Galilee
where much of Jesus' earthly ministry was performed. One of those spots is known as the Primacy of
Peter, where the Resurrected Christ gave Peter authority over the Church after
the triple-confession of his love.
It is unbelievably gorgeous
here. To be able to sit and pray within
feet of where so many miracles happened is almost mind-boggling. We are here, witnessing the sites where many
people were healed or had their faith strengthened. We are literally walking in the footsteps of
Christ. So what does that mean? This pilgrimage has taught us to open our eyes
and to see with the eyes of faith. Those
of us here on pilgrimage, and those following along through our blog, have all
hopefully noticed a deepening of our faith in Christ. We should be able to respond with a stronger,
deeper, wider, and more profound act of love than ever before. Praying in these sacred sites and seeing the
beauty of God's love all around us should always lead us to a more sincere
response of love when we are asked by the Lord: “Do you love me?”
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