After they had eaten, Jesus said to Peter, “Do you love me more than these?” He answered, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”

He asked him the same question three times. Peter was grieved and said to him, “Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.” Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep.”

The Savior had already risen, but before his death, Peter had panicked and denied him three times, cursing. In that crisis, he not only renounced being a disciple of Jesus, but also morally and spiritually abandoned his younger brothers.

That is why in this reconciliation Jesus begins by asking him, “Do you love me more than these?”

There is a close relationship between loving the Lord and loving what He loves. When we truly love, we love not only the person, but everything that is of their interest and concern.

Jesus, in his dialogue with Peter, linked love for Himself with love for his sheep. No one can boast of loving the Lord and being indifferent to the Church for which He died. Every person who gathers deserves our attention and care because it cost the sacrifice of our Savior.

“Therefore, take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of the Lord, which He purchased with His own blood” (Acts 20:28).