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Friday in the Octave of Easter
Today's Readings
First Reading: Acts 4:1-12 · **Psalm:** 118 · **Gospel:** John 21:1-14
Responsorial Psalm: 118 · **Gospel:** John 21:1-14
Gospel: John 21:1-14
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Come, have breakfast. The Risen Christ makes breakfast on the beach. Charcoal fire, fish, bread. He doesn't lecture. He feeds. The disciples fished all night and caught nothing. At dawn, his voice redirects them and the nets fill. Then: come, have breakfast.
In the evening of life, this scene is profoundly comforting. The Risen Christ is not far away. He's on the shore, cooking, waiting. Every meal shared with someone you love is an echo of this shore. Every breakfast is Tiberias.
Peter before the Sanhedrin gives the theological declaration: there is no other name under heaven by which we are to be saved. The same Jesus who grills fish is the cornerstone.
Prayer of the Faithful
For those who have fished all night and caught nothing: that the voice from the shore would fill their nets. Alleluia. We pray to the Lord.
Something to Do
Tomorrow, try to share a meal or a moment over coffee with someone. The Risen Christ cooks for his friends. So can you.
“The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone. Alleluia.”
— Psalm 118:22
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