Do You Love Me?

By the shore, after the resurrection meal, Christ turns to Peter and asks him something. Not whether he understands what has happened. Not whether he is sorry for what he did. Not whether he will promise never to fail again. Lovest thou me? Three times the question comes, in the same place where Peter once denied Him three times by a different fire.

This paper sits with that scene closely: why Christ begins with love rather than an accounting of the past, what it means that service follows love rather than replacing it, and why the flock Peter is given remains, always, "my sheep," entrusted rather than owned.

This is the final paper of Phase III, The Turning, completing the arc that began with "Follow Me." The command has not changed. Peter has.

Primary Scripture: John 21:15-19, Douay-Rheims. Published by The Cathedral of The Fourth. The way is narrow, but just.

Format: Digital PDF, 8 pages, over 2000 words

Language: English

Author: M.F. Robb

Published by thephilippapers.com

A Cathedral of The Fourth production.