Posts from February 2025

The promised encounter with the resurrected Christ on the shore of the Sea of Galilee is told in the Gospel of John.  Jesus, unrecognized at first by the disciples, instructs them to not give up in casting their nets.  They will be alright.  As usual, a meal is the setting for the reunion — a fitting context for the commission to go and feed God’s people out of our love…

     Jesus teaches “many things” from a boat to a crowd that has gathered on the seashore. He teaches in parables, including the parable of the sower — “let everyone with ears to hear listen!”  We often associate discipleship with “doing” — and certainly that is part of it. But we must also return time and again to the Teacher at the sea who offers us the stories that…