Joan, just recently I learned that Jesus' question to Peter just after today's Gospel reading , were he asks Peter "Do you love me more than these?", is much more than it seems. The Greek word Jesus uses for "love" is agape. But Peter responds using "love" finial.
Maybe Peter still has not grasped the message that Jesus is calling him, and us , to an " unconditional " love, like His.
Joan, just recently I learned that Jesus' question to Peter just after today's Gospel reading , were he asks Peter "Do you love me more than these?", is much more than it seems. The Greek word Jesus uses for "love" is agape. But Peter responds using "love" finial.
Maybe Peter still has not grasped the message that Jesus is calling him, and us , to an " unconditional " love, like His.