Finally! Our 4 postulants from Myanmar are with us. Welcome!
Fraternity
Peter might be fully reconciled with Jesus but he still had much to learn. He still had an exclusive understanding of belonging to those who followed Jesus: When Peter saw that John was also following Jesus like him, “he said to Jesus, ‘Lord, what about him?’” (Jn 21:21). Why do we think that our gift is a lesser gift if others also have it?
A similar case appears also in the gospel of Matthew when workers hired in the morning got the same pay as those were hired in the evening. The former complained because others had the same gift. Why did they think that their gift was unfair only because others enjoyed the same gift?
Why do we like to be the only ones, the special ones? Why can’t everyone be special? Why don’t we realize that enjoying the gift together is better than enjoying the gift alone?
