“Are You Willing?” | Pentecost Reflection on Peter’s ‘Yes’ | Rise Up with Fr. Meyer

Join Fr. Jonathan Meyer for today’s Rise Up reflection as we journey toward Pentecost. In this video, Fr. Meyer unpacks John 21—where Jesus asks Peter three times, “Do you love me?”—and shows how Peter’s willing “Yes” leads him to lay down his life for Christ. As we approach the coming of the Holy Spirit, Fr. Meyer challenges us: Are you willing to die to self, take up your cross daily, and serve God in the ordinary moments of life?

🔹 Key Points in This Video
• Peter’s threefold affirmation (“Yes, Lord, you know that I love you”) and its link to his three denials on Good Friday
• Jesus’ promise that Peter will one day “stretch out your hands” and be led where he does not want to go—foretelling Peter’s martyrdom in Rome
• The question “Are you willing?” as a call to lay down our own comfort, plans, and desires for Christ’s sake
• Practical examples of everyday willingness: serving family, helping neighbors, offering a listening ear, or simply buying someone a cup of coffee
• A reminder that holiness is forged in small acts of self-sacrifice and radical availability: “To daily take up my cross and follow after Him.”

🕊️ Why This Matters Today:
With Pentecost just days away, we are invited to deepen our “Yes”—to allow Christ’s love and the Holy Spirit’s power to transform how we live each moment. Just as Peter’s willingness led him from fisherman to “fisher of men,” our own daily “Yes” (our fiat) positions us to become saints in His Kingdom.

❤️ Takeaway:
“Let it be done to me.” When we echo Mary’s fiat and Peter’s willing heart, God can work through our ordinary lives, using simple acts of service to build His Church and bring His love to those around us.

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