Eucharistic Readings for Friday of Easter Week: All Years
Acts 4:1-12 Psalm 116:1-8 or Psalm 118:19-24; John 21:1-14
“When they had gone ashore, they saw a charcoal fire there, with fish on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” (John 21:9 – 10)
The just caught fish, in this case, is an example of the bringing together of new people to Jesus and those who have long been followers for some time. They did this around food wherein our Lord Jesus again took the fish, blessed it and divided it up and then gave it to them to eat. Our Lord Jesus seems to be a person who enjoys good friends with good food. Notice too that there is also the requirement for those joining to bring something where he says, “Bring some of the fish that you have just caught.” We are all participants and partakers in the feast with Jesus.
This was a fish breakfast! I wonder if it is on purpose that this reading is scheduled on a Friday. When I was in seminary a few of us from our dorm would go to Eastern Market in D.C. on Saturday mornings for a fish and grits breakfast. It was great. Meals are truly the meeting place for people to reduce differences and become spiritual family. I had an old 1978 Mercury Marquis in those days. It was huge. Five of us would climb into that car and head for Eastern Market. There was always excitement about going there and just being together. We talked and joked all the way there. This was kind of like the excitement Peter had when he was told that it was the Lord that was talking to them from the shore.
Let us pray:
Dear Lord Jesus, as you are the Way, the Truth and the Life, please teach us daily to enjoy good Christian fellowship as often as we can regardless of our minor differences or the day of the week. Help us also to bring others into our circle of saints as they may be called to join us. This we humbly ask in your most holy Name: Amen.
“Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all their multitude. And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and he rested on the seventh day from all the work that he had done” (Genesis 2:1 and 2). So, for this evening and tomorrow day my friends, Shabbat Shalom.
What is Shabbat? Intro to the Jewish Sabbath – YouTube
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As we listen to what the Spirit of God is saying to us, let us live to love and serve, and to teach others to love and serve, while pondering anew what the Almighty can do. John
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