AsiaNews: “Jesus in these meetings is maturing Peter’s soul, Peter’s heart,” maturing him in love. So Peter when he hears Jesus ask him three times: “Simon, son of John, do you love me?” he is ashamed, because he remembers the three times he had said he did not know Him. “Peter was grieved because for the third time he asked him, ‘Do you love me?’. This pain, this shame … A great man, Peter … this sinner, a sinner. But the Lord makes him feel, and he makes us feel too, that we are all sinners. The problem is not that we are sinners: the problem is not repenting of sin, not being ashamed of what we have done. That’s the problem. Peter has this shame, this humility, no? Sin , Peter’s sin, is a fact that together with Peter’s big heart, leads him to a new encounter with Jesus, to the joy of forgiveness. ” Read more of the Pope’s homily here.
