How Do I Love Thee? Let me count the ways.
The story this week from the Gospel of John is an intimate tale of fidelity, commitment and trust. In the midst of feelings of abandonment, betrayal, grief and fear, Jesus comforts his disciples. “Do not let your hearts be troubled,” he says to them.
But how could they not be troubled? He’s told them he’s about to die, that Judas is about to betray him, that Peter is about to deny him, and that he’s going somewhere they can’t go. “Where, where, where?” they clamor.
