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Today, Catholic Christians celebrate the Third Sunday of Easter. In the Gospel reading we have today, we read St. John’s version of the “Call of Peter.” Specifically, we read:
When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” He then said to him a second time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Tend my sheep.” He said to him the third time, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, “Do you love me?” and he said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” (Jesus) said to him, “Feed my sheep. Amen, amen, I say to you, 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.” He said this signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when he had said this, he said to him, “Follow me” (John 21: 15-19).
Like Peter, we, too, are called to follow the Lord. This call came to us in our Baptism when the Holy Spirit came upon us, and we were made part of the “priesthood of all believers.” As followers of Jesus, we, too, are called to imitate Christ in all we do.
