St Peter and St Paul
Sts Peter and Paul Can we empathise with Peter in his miraculous release from prison? Is that not exactly what we’re feeling at the moment? Freedom, release! And so many of us are grasping at it just as Peter does. What extraordinary, powerful accounts; Peter in chains and visited by an angel; freedom and he doesn’t wait to be asked twice. He’s off right away. How like St Peter; bold, impetuous, grasping at the moment, flees. And again, when Jesus asks, ‘But who do you say that I am?’ he’s straight in there; “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Do we have an answer ready if anyone was to ask us who Jesus is to us? Years and years ago, some evangelists came to my front door; I don’t know who was more nervous, them or me! Three questions – the last one; “If you were to die tonight, and you found yourself standing before God, and she asked you how you answered for your life, what would you say?” “I have no defence,...