FAUSTI - Jesus predicts to Peter that he will now be able to follow Him and go where He himself has gone (13,36). The text is a counterpoint: young/old, to be bound/to be bound, to go/to be carried, to want/don't want. There is a difference between the former Simone, who as a young man would gird himself believing he was going where he wanted to go, and the new Simone, who as an old man will be girded by another and will be taken where he does not want to go. That is exactly where he wanted to go before, but he could not go: it is the same place where his Lord and Master went, putting his life at the service of his brothers. If Peter wanted to give his life for Jesus, Jesus gave his life for him. By washing his feet, he gave him the freedom to love as he is loved. For this he "stretched out his hands" and was led to die beside Jesus, like the two evildoers. "He said it meant with what death he would glorify God." This is the editor's comment: Jesus foretold the martyrdom of His disciple. As had been promised, the Glory that the Father gave to the Son, he gave it to the disciples (17,22). Now even for Peter, leaving the world will no longer be a death, but a glorification of God (11,4), manifesting His Love in himself. (12,26-33). Like Philip at the beginning (1,43), now also Peter is called by the Lord to follow him. If before he could not, (13,36), now he can, because in forgiveness he knows His Love. Peter is not the Shepherd to follow, but the Lamb who follows the Lamb, until martyrdom. With his testimony he will offer to his brothers the food of which he himself was fed. Following Jesus is an expression that says in synthesis the whole Christian life: you follow those you love, to be with Him and like Him.
FAUSTI - Jesus predicts to Peter that he will now be able to follow Him and go where He himself has gone (13,36). The text is a counterpoint: young/old, to be bound/to be bound, to go/to be carried, to want/don't want.
RispondiEliminaThere is a difference between the former Simone, who as a young man would gird himself believing he was going where he wanted to go, and the new Simone, who as an old man will be girded by another and will be taken where he does not want to go. That is exactly where he wanted to go before, but he could not go: it is the same place where his Lord and Master went, putting his life at the service of his brothers.
If Peter wanted to give his life for Jesus, Jesus gave his life for him.
By washing his feet, he gave him the freedom to love as he is loved.
For this he "stretched out his hands" and was led to die beside Jesus, like the two evildoers.
"He said it meant with what death he would glorify God." This is the editor's comment: Jesus foretold the martyrdom of His disciple.
As had been promised, the Glory that the Father gave to the Son, he gave it to the disciples (17,22). Now even for Peter, leaving the world will no longer be a death, but a glorification of God (11,4), manifesting His Love in himself. (12,26-33).
Like Philip at the beginning (1,43), now also Peter is called by the Lord to follow him.
If before he could not, (13,36), now he can, because in forgiveness he knows His Love.
Peter is not the Shepherd to follow, but the Lamb who follows the Lamb, until martyrdom. With his testimony he will offer to his brothers the food of which he himself was fed. Following Jesus is an expression that says in synthesis the whole Christian life: you follow those you love, to be with Him and like Him.