Peter asks a question at the conclusion of Jesus’ Sermon on the Bread of Life. His question is one often posed by believers everywhere. Whenever our security is noticeably threatened, we try to ask (with God’s Spirit), “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life”
Sometimes we might be lulled into an attitude which becomes one of a conventional Catholic faith. We go along for the ride. Life is not always a bumpy road.
It is a temptation for us especially in a relatively comfortable society. God has blessed us in many ways. We rejoice in these blessings. However, these blessings are not given us to make us complacent or conventional disciples of Jesus.
Jesus and His Word of Eternal Life have implications for all of us in our everyday lives. However, the Words of Jesus frequently are crowded out in the ears and hearts of good people.
He wants Peter and the entire Community of Disciples to focus upon Him, the Word Incarnate, and to “love one another as He has loved us”. He wants us to hear His Voice and follow.
Through grace,
In his pivotal history book, The City of God, Augustine describes the workings of the Spirit, as he saw it, in the gradual coming to be of the City of God (aka the Kingdom of God) by God’s Spirit around the framework or lattice of transitory human institutions (the Human City), such as the Roman Empire.
Augustine came to see that human institutions such as governments are as good as the people who establish and run them. (However, Augustine had a dark view of fallen human nature, which reflected his own life. So, he assumed that human institutions such as governments leave much to be desired.)
In light of the question of Peter to Jesus, Augustine would probably try to answer. He world say that, with God’s Help, we try to stick with Jesus and share His vision of the City of
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