CAN YOU SEE THE LOVE?=
It is JESUS!
AFTER Jesus died=The Disciples did NOT KNOW=what to do=So
Peter says
He is GOING FISHING=Thinking he was GETTING BACK to what he
knew=and it
WOULD Give him TIME=To think about the last week=and PROCESS
THOSE EVENTS=
Some one of the Disciples went with him=and ONE of them was
JOHN=(“THE DISCIPLE whom
Jesus LOVED”)!
There was a man=STANDING on the seashore=But the
disciples=did not RECOGNIZE HIM=After a night=OF CATCHING NOTHING=They are
FRUSTRATED and heading for home=That man=Jesus=
Says=”GIVE IT one more try”=John RECOGNIZES him and says=”IT
IS THE LORD” John 21:7
Jesus tells them to GIVE it one more try=and they WIND up
Catching more fish=Than they
CAN put in the boat=They CANNOT believe it!=CAN YOU SEE THE
LOVE?=IT IS JESUS!
And ISN’T THAT the way=It is IN LIFE=for all of us=at TIMES?=WHEN
we are CONFRONTED with health problems=With financial pressures=Or have
RELATIONSHIP ISSUES?=Could we NOT=
ALL use a friend like John?=Pointing the WAY=to our God=to
our Jesus?=A friend telling us=
“KEEP THE FAITH=It is THE LORD=and HE HAS THIS!”=CAN YOU=Feel the LOVE of our
Jesus?=
WE all NEED a FRIEND=Like the Apostle John=WE all need OUR
Lord!=to get by
“And whoever=Does NOT carry their cross=and FOLLOW ME=Cannot
be my DISCIPLE” Luke 14:23
“To the Jews =who had believed him=’=Jesus said=’If you hold
to my teaching=You are really
MY DISCIPLES=Then you will know the truth=and the TRUTH=will
set you free’” John 8:31-32
“So for a whole year=Barnabas and Saul=Met with the Church=and
taught great numbers of=
People=THE DISCIPLES were fist called Christians at
Antioch”
Acts 11:26
And so Peter=MISSED the Lord=But John=POINTED out Jesus to
him=We all NEED SOMEONE=
To FILL the ROLE of John in our life=For at TIMES=during our
life=We all TURN AWAY from our Lord=
We all get LOST=and we NEED to feel the HAND OF our Lord=In
our lives=CAN YOU SEE=
The LOVE between Peter and John?=Between them and the other
APOSTLES=and between=
Jesus and all of them=ALL OF US?=IT IS JESUS!
Dear Lord=WE PRAY=Help us to be=ON THE LOOKOUT for you=In
our lives=and HELP us to=
FIND YOUR PRESENCE=When you are there=and POINT OUT to
others=WHEN we FIND you Jesus=
In our lives
“But if from there=You seek The LORD your God=You will FIND
HIM=if you Seek him with=All
Your heart=and with all your soul”
Deuteronomy 4:29
“Do not those=Who plot evil=Go astray?=But those who
plan=What is good=FIND Love
And faithfulness”
Proverbs 14:22
“This is what the Lord says’=’Stand at the crossroads and look=Ask for the ancient
paths=
And you WILL FIND REST=for your souls=……..’”
Jeremiah 6:16
Dear LORD=we pray that=When we ARE LOST=In our everyday
lives=and CANNOT FIND YOU=
We have SOMEONE who
we love=To POINT you out to us=Just like John did for Peter=and
THE OTHER APOSTLES=and we OPEN our eyes=and FIND you
there=IN THE PRESENCE=Of
Our lives=and RECOGNIZE YOU!=Can you SEE THE LOVE?=IT IS
JESUS!
In Jesus’ name=and in the name=of our ever loving=OUR EVER
LIVING=GOD of us all=The
HOLY FATHER GOD!
Robert P. Wallman
4-09-2026
Ps INSPIRED by
an article=IN LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE=by Fr. Edward Looney
