May 4, 2025 
Over and over in today’s Gospel reading (John 21:1-19), Jesus asks Simon Peter the following question: “Do you love me?” He’s not doing it to shame Peter but rather to call forth trust. In his homily, Father Mark invites us to expand our image of God, not as someone we keep in our pocket for emergencies and crises, but as a living and constant presence woven into each nanosecond of our lives, loving and trusting us and asking the same in return.
