Being with Christ is what transforms our past and our future: the encounter with Christ forgives our sins of the past and gives us courage and hope to face the reality of our future.
 
The apostles were not perfect people; they deserted the Lord, were frightened and jealous. They are a concrete symbol for us, and Peter gives us a witness for the forgiveness we seek. The man who three times denied Jesus, today transforms himself three times, "Lord, you know that I love you." Jesus is saying to Peter and to us, "Don't just talk about my love in endless committees--- "Show me." Notice that each time Jesus asks, "Do you love me?" he connects the answer to the words, "Then tend my lambs, feed my sheep."
 
Today, as we see Jesus giving them the grilled fish and bread, we feel an echo of the Last Supper, their most intimate dinner recently shared with Jesus just before his Crucifixion. Well, this is the same mission-to-feed-my-sheep that Jesus gives us at each Mass, too. In this Easter season, can we take this to heart?
 
Today's story shows us that the risen Christ has not gone "up there" somewhere… Jesus is just as present to us while cooking our meals as he was to the apostles that day. We might not always feel him there during those times of human intimacy, pain, or suffering. But on reflection and in prayer, we can often look back and see that there was "something more" to our gathering or meeting than we could see at the time. May this Easter Season find us loving the Lord as we feed His sheep.
 
Pastoral Plan and Parish Survey
Every registered household should have received a letter from me right before Easter asking you to participate
in a Discipleship Survey which will be used in the formation of our parish pastoral plan. You are asked to reflect on your own spiritual growth and to provide feedback on our parish’s efforts to help you grow spiritually. All
responses are confidential, and the parish will only receive information about the community as whole. The online link is available now through May 8th at https://portal.catholicleaders.org/d/yccyay. 
You may also scan this QR code to go directly to the survey:

We are trying to get the highest response rate possible. This information will be invaluable to us as we plan and strive to be the best disciples and best Resurrection Parish we can be. We will receive the results this spring/summer at which time we will share what we have learned with the entire parish.
 
During the next several months, we will meet with the ministries and organizations of the parish for their input and to address how they live out the Works of Mercy. Following those meetings, we will conduct “Town Hall Meetings” for the entire parish so that everyone has an opportunity to offer input and to listen to others. All this input will be used in compiling a pastoral plan for the parish to help us not only to maintain our faith community but to produce a roadmap for the future.
 
It starts with you! Please take about 10 – 15 minutes to complete this survey! Thanks!