Reflection for the Third Sunday of Easter

Scripture:

'But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: ‘Men of Judea and all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say… Let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.’' (Acts of the Apostles 2.14a,36)

Reflection:

This is Simon the fisherman, nicknamed ‘Rock’ by Jesus, the same Peter who was so close to Jesus but was afraid to admit it when Jesus was on trial for his life. Now he has become the bold speaker who will not be silenced. Why? Because he has been convinced that the death of Jesus the man had not been an end but a beginning. The new Peter is himself compelling evidence for the resurrected Jesus. By their transformation, he and Jesus’s other disciples and followers lived out God’s power to release any or all of us from our personal demons.

Jesus, crucified and risen, shows us we are loved with “a love stronger than death”.

David Harmsworth