In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen. My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here,

that you see me, that you hear me. I adore you with profound reverence. I ask your pardon for my sins

and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful. My immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my sins, and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My immaculate Mother St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel,

intercede for me.

This meditation initiates a three-part series on the resurrection of Jesus in connection with the Apostle Peter.

These meditations will contemplate the dialogues and the relation Jesus had with Peter and vice versa.

And I would title this period of prayer as Peter the runner,

because the opening act of Peter's encounter with Jesus resurrected, or at least the empty tomb,

is Peter running to the Lord.

And when the Lord is sighted on the shore, as Peter was fishing with his brother and the two sons of Zebedee.

It's Peter who lunges out of the boat and runs to shore, swim, run, etc.

And everything is for our own personal consumption in the gospel.

There's nothing extraneous.

But to put this eagerness, Peter had to be with the Lord,

we need to contemplate his personality, his character traits.

Of all the apostles, his personality sticks out the most.

Well, it also helps that he was selected to be the rock on which Jesus' kingdom would be

built, on which his church would be built. So it stands to reason that Peter gets the most

coverage, given his future position.

And I would also say given his personality.

It jumps off the page. He had a big personality.

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