Full life - Herding the flock
Faustino de Jesús Zamora VargasThe apostle Peter also left an urgent commission to the church of Jesus Christ. Some understand it as an assignment only for leaders, but I believe that in the context of today's world its fulfillment is for the whole church. The church as a community of faithful in Christ needs more and more men and women who understand the meaning of pasturing.
Feeding is a metaphor for shepherding. Pastoring is a cultural metaphor. Peter is not expressing a wish, but an order, a mandate, a mission (like the Great Commission of Christ). This commission of Peter is not directed at managers, or businessmen, or presidents, or trade unionists, but rather pastors or those called by God who exercise the ministry of piety and brotherly love with the diligence that corresponds to the occasion. Why promise a good for tomorrow if you can give it today? Why leave for later the announcement of the Good News of salvation to that person that God has placed in your heart if you know that it is a matter of life and death? Yes, salvation is a matter of life and death!