"It is the Lord!"

In today's Gospel, John 21:1-14, the Risen Jesus, that is Christ, appears to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.  Peter and his friends were out fishing all night long.  As they approach the shore at dawn, Jesus is standing there and asks: "Have you caught anything" and they answer "no"!  He then suggests that they cast their nets on the right side of the boat and the catch is extremely large.  At the large catch, the disciple who Jesus especially loved says: "It is the Lord."   As they come ashore, they notice a charcoal fire with fish on it and bread. Yes, Jesus is in the process of making them breakfast and ask for some of the fish they had just caught!

Christ is alive in each one of us!  And, yes, this morning He made breakfast for us through the love and care of our spouse or for others through our own care, or through our employees if we live at an assisted living or nursing home facility.  God is always at work in those who live by faith! Christ has no hand or feet but ours. His love and care, His compassion and understanding, His response to those in need comes to others through our generosity, our caring, our noticing the needs of another and responding with love! Jesus provides shelter for the homeless through our generosity. He heals others through the healing touch that is given them through us. He comforts a child or a grieving person through us.  He lifts burdens through our willingness to do so! 

Let us be the hands, the feet, the heart of Christ in a broken, wounded, hurting, needy world of persons who rely on our generosity, our love, our caring, our understanding, our forgiveness, our dying to selfishness and pride and greediness.