Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Saturday of the 3rd Week of Easter, Cycle C - April 16, 2016

Saturday of the 3rd Week of Easter
April 16, 2016      8:30am

 

Peter says: “Lord, to whom shall we go?”
Jesus has just been telling apparently a fairly large group of disciples about himself as the bread of life.
This is just too much for some of them to accept and so they leave.
They stop following Jesus.
So Jesus asks the twelve: “Do you also want to leave?”
And Peter gives that wonderful response: “Lord, to whom shall we go?”

I think, maybe I hope we would voice the same words as Peter.
To whom shall we go who is one with the Father?
To whom shall we go who reveals to us what and who God is like?
To whom shall we go who shows us the way to fullness in life?
To whom shall we go who gives us purpose for life?
To whom shall we go who tells us that our life on earth is a mission from God?
To whom shall we go who defines that mission as growing in the image of God?
To whom shall we go who defines that mission as bringing God’s kingdom of peace and care and compassion to our world?
To whom shall we go who lets us know that in him, we are really brothers and sisters with all other human beings on this earth?
And to whom shall we go who reveals that dying to self leads to new life?
To whom shall we go who reveals this core mystery of faith?
To whom shall we go who promises an eternal place in God’s heavenly home?


In brief, I think, I hope Peter’s response is also our response this morning.