Reflection for 3rd
Sunday of Easter
“Come and have breakfast”, Jesus
said to Peter and the other disciples as the hauled the heavy net of fish to
the shore. Experts claim that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It
is the food that supplies the early burst of energy with which we begin our
day! It is the meal that announces the end of the long night of hunger and the
dawn of a new day. Thus after breakfast, we delve into the day’s activities. It
is not expected that one goes back to bed after breakfast.
The Master prepared breakfast for
His disciples. “Jesus came and took the bread and gave to them, and so with the
fish.” Imagine the love and compassion with which he prepared fish and bread
for them. After toiling all night long without a catch, they would be physically,
emotionally and morally downcast. There was urgent need for strength and
courage. Jesus fed them with food which points to His self offering in the
Eucharist. They dined with Him in silence; none could say anything. In silence
they knew it was the Lord. Thus they offered their whole being i.e. with
silence and love, they mingled their whole being with Jesus but through the ‘Lord’s
Breakfast.’ Now, a new dawn has been announced and empowered.
Jesus showed immediately through
His discuss with Peter that He fed them that they might brace up for a greater
responsibility. “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? He said to
him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, feed my lambs.” Dining
with Jesus, and only with Jesus, is the source of strength and courage to begin
and sustain a new life. This was how the apostles got the courage to withstand
the High Priest. Another set of responsibility that the Breakfast announces is
to feed others.
Man seeks nourishment in different
ways. Most wordily and canal sources of refreshment, self-expression and
strength, give only immediate and temporary pleasure. They cannot satisfy. Therefore
we follow Jesus! He invites us to come
and have breakfast—the one time most important meal.
Fr Jude Nwachukwu, C.Ss.R
Immaculate Conception Catholic Church,
Abule-Oshun, Satelite Town, Lagos.
Sunday April 5th, 2019.
