August 29, 2026. Dear Jesus, Why did you ask me to write about Saint Peter? Dear little child, Peter denied Me three times, I pardoned him, and he became one of the great apostles...

 A flash in my mind as Jesus reminded me to write about SIMON PETER, and this writing is particularly addressed to my friends who do not know who Simon Peter was. So I prayed to Jesus and Saint Peter to help me find in the Biblical literature and history all the information about him.

Dear Jesus,

Why did you ask me to write about Saint Peter?

Dear little child,

Peter denied Me three times, I pardoned him, and he became one of the great apostles. My dear child, for the same reason, whatever mistake or sin you did in your life, never despair. Come back to Me with repentance and ask for pardon. Remember that I always love you and give you peace.

 

SIMON PETER,

Peter is the second apostle accepted by Jesus. He was Andrew ‘s younger brother, not the contrary as said in some articles. When he joined the Apostle Corps, he was  thirty years of age. He was married and had three children and lived at Bethsaida, near Capernaum. Andrew lived in his house. Andrew is otherwise not married and has no children. 

Both Peter and Andrew were fishing partners of John and James, the sons of Zebedee.

Simon was his real name. Peter was the name given to him by his Master Jesus. It was  to be a sort of a nickname.

Peter was an optimist but got into many troubles.  Sometimes he spoke without thinking. But he was a very talented speaker, a leader of men. He was a man of quick decision and action.

The trait that Peter admired most in his Master was his most tenderness and forbearance. He never forgot the lesson Jesus gave him about forgiving the wrongdoer, not only seven times but seventy times seven. That lesson comforted him, when so afraid of Jesus’ arrest on that night, he  denied Him three times in the high priest’s courtyard.

Once Jesus asked His followers: 

”Who do people say that I am?”. 

“Some say:”You are John the Baptist", or Elijah and others Jeremiah…” 

Then Peter said: 

“You are Christ, the Son of the Living God”. 

Jesus then said to him: 

 “Simon, son of Jonah, you did not learn this from men but My Father in heaven has shown you this.Now I call you Peter, and on this rock I will build My Church.”

 Except Paul, Peter did more than any other apostles  to establish the kingdom of God and sent his disciples to the four corners of the earth in one generation. 

After Jesus' resurrection , on the shore of the Tiberias sea, Jesus appeared to his disciples and took breakfast with them. When they had finished eating, Jesus asked Simon Peter three times whether he loved Him, Peter replied :

"Yes Lord, you know that I love you". 

Jesus said:"Feed My sheep”.

 But when Jesus asked him the third time, he broke down:

"Lord , you know  all things, you know that I love you". Jesus said :

"Feed my sheep. I tell you the truth, when you were younger you dressed yourself and went where you wanted; but when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go." Jesus said this to indicate the kind of death by which Peter would glorify God. 

Peter travelled extensively, visiting his followers from Babylon to Corinth. (The town of Babylon was located along the Euphrates River in present-day Iraq, about 50 miles south of Baghdad. It was founded around 2300 B.C.). (Corinth, ancient and a modern city of the Peloponnese, in south central Greece, the remains of the ancient city lie about 50 miles west of Athens). 

Peter’s wife was a very able woman. She was in the Women’s Corps, and when Peter was chased away from Jerusalem she followed him  to all his missionary missions. And the day her illustrious husband   gave up his life , she was thrown to the wild beast in the arena  at Rome.

 

And this great man Peter regarded himself as the recipient of  great honors when his captors told him he must die on the cross as His Master.

 He was famously crucified upside down in Rome.  And thus was Simon Peter.

Beloved,

Indeed Simon Peter was a great apostle. He had a great heart. Very humanly, he said he followed Me wherever I go :" Master, I'm ready for anything with you. I will go to jail for you. I'd die for you!" And I told him: "Verily, verily Peter, before the rooster crows you denied Me three times that you know Me". But he repented , was pardoned and preached My Word and sacrificed his life as described. 

Dear Jesus,

Thank you  so much for letting me know that you always loved us and pardoned us.

• Dear Jesus,

   Let me know You, and let me know myself. Know You to listen to Your Word, and put it into practice in my daily life. Know me to change my path to Your righteous one, to have Heaven in my heart, and You are always with me.

  May my meditation bring many more readers,  who are not yet believers, into your Forever Family.

  Please bless all those who read this meditation in my Blog.

  AMEN.