Do you love Jesus Christ? It’s not a question I made up. Jesus Himself has this question as a top priority in His dealings with His people. He asked the question of Peter in a very in-your-face way.

Peter was grieved because he said to him the 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.

In the gospel of John, we read of the story of Peter. After seeing Jesus two times after His resurrection, Peter still has no clue in what he is supposed to do. The message of spreading the gospel ...

SCRIPTURES & ART: To be the Vicar of Christ is to be a good shepherd like Christ, ready to lay down his life for the sheep — a martyrdom Jesus foretells in today’s Gospel.

After Jesus rose from the dead, Peter and some of the other disciples left Jerusalem and went north to Galilee. An angel had said, “Go tell the disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you ...

John clearly believes that the question Jesus addresses to Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” is to be heard by each of us in our own name. As with Peter, ...

The last question the pastor asked was "Peter, do you love people?" He was interviewing me for my first parish assignment and was about 30 years older than I was. The question unsettled me. It seemed ...