May 4.   Sunday Easter 3C.   Fr Peter told the congregation, “Like in all the stories in the gospels there are so many messages, but let’s pick up just two from today’s gospel that paint a wonderful picture for our imagination.  After the resurrection the apostles were still lost and confused, so what they did was go back to their work, fishing for some, but that day they had little success.  Jesus arrived and, understanding them, encouraged them to cast their net out again, and this time they caught a large number, 153, big fish.  When they got back to the shore they found Jesus cooking breakfast for them, but still they felt unsure about him. Do we ever feel like that? How real is Jesus for us, real enough to cook breakfast? 

The other reflection sees Jesus speaking to Peter. “Do you love me?” he asked, three times.  Peter gets annoyed, but Jesus may have been driving home the point of Peter’s triple denial and now he is called to confirm his love three times. Then Jesus says, “feed my lambs,” and “feed my sheep.” For us, is it love of Jesus and for Jesus, that empowers us, as families, to care for our little lambs and our older sheep?”

Reflect, share, act,. Scripture.  Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.   Truly I say to you, when you were young you fastened your own belt and walked where you would, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands and another will fasten your belt and bring you where you do not wish to go.” John 21: 1-19. Pope Francis: In a family, parents, grandparents and children all feel at home, no one is excluded.  If someone has a problem even a serious one, even if he brought it upon himself the rest of the family comes to his assistance.  FT 230. “The experience of love in families is a perennial source of strength for the life of the Church”. (AL 88) We were conceived in the heart of God and for this reason each of us is the result of a thought of God. Each of us is willed, each is loved, each is necessary. LS 65. JUBILEE.  The Fathers of the Church, opposing those who denied or downplayed the true humanity of Christ, insisted on the concrete and tangible reality of the Lord’s human affections. Saint Basil emphasized that the Lord’s incarnation was not something fanciful, and that “the Lord possessed our natural affections”. DN 62  Pray. Mary, mother most caring, concerned for all our family needs. pray for us

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