Eastertide through days and nights,
forty… fifty… ever more.
It is truly right and just,
here, above, and all around.
Presence of mind, truthful heart;
the soul of goodness triumphs.
Genuine faith, obeying,
not tyrant, nor king—Savior.
Wanting good for goodness sake,
bearing with things, not grasping,
nor pulling apart, as if
at odds, and fighting within.
In a boat fishing around,
who’s there? What sides are you on?
Is it right, or something else?
Casting nets, or casting stones?
From where does your wisdom come?
What sentiments control you?

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,
“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”
Simon Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
He then said to Simon Peter a second time,
“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
Simon Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said to him, “Tend my sheep.”
Jesus said to him the third time,
“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was distressed that Jesus had said to him a third time,
“Do you love me?” and he said to him,
“Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my sheep. – John 21:15-17
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