Jesus revealed himself

Scripture/Bible:  After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tibe'ri-as; and he revealed himself in this way. 2 Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathan'a-el of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zeb'edee, and two others of his disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." They said to him, "We will go with you." They went out and got into the boat; but that night they caught nothing. 4 Just as day was breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 Jesus said to them, "Children, have you any fish?" They answered him, "No." 6 He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they cast it, and now they were not able to haul it in, for the quantity of fish. 7 That disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his clothes, for he was stripped for work, and sprang into the sea. 8 But the other disciples came in the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from the land, but about a hundred yards off. 9 When they got out on land, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish lying on it, and bread. 10 Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish that you have just caught." 11 So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net ashore, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three of them; and although there were so many, the net was not torn. 12 Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord. 13 Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so with the fish. 14 This was now the third time that Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. John 21:1-14

Reflection:  Simon Peter said to them, "I am going fishing." Could this be another way of saying hell with Jesus and all this discussion about him?  "I am fed up, let’s be practical," Peter may have said in his mind. What does his resurrection mean to me, if not being practical?

He has risen or maybe not, his resurrection may be another of those ghost appearances which people talk about.  Yes we have seen those wonderful acts and miracles and the greatest thing that he taught us was love, yet it doesn’t solve my predicament. Hence upper most in Peter’s mind could have been the thought; how to be practical?

Fish and I will be able to feed my wife and my mother- in – law and a few poor waiting outside the synagogue to beg. That would be my option for the poor. Let me be practical in loving my neighbor as myself.

There are many in this world who are being practical, like Peter of old, with the Gospel of Christ.  They have adopted the praxis approach to the gospel.  In their myopic vision they see the kingdom of God as a human agenda from a praxis angle, viz. which is establishing a kingdom of justice, peace and brotherhood, earthly emancipation.  

In that they think that they love all humanity. They think that this way they are not discriminating between caste and creed and they have the complete vision of love. 

Blessed is the man who is open, not to the wisdom of the world or to Marx and liberation theories but rather to the revelation of Christ, who here comes again to reveal himself the third time to the Disciples.

There is only the one task he has for them; that which comes to them now through revelation has to be communicated to the world. If this is not love and if we do not see love in this proclamation of the revelation of God in Christ Jesus then we are as St. Paul says; “a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.”  1 Cor 13:1

Prayer:  Lord, reveal yourself to me more and more each day as I come before you so that I may be your instrument of love.

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