On this third Sunday in the season of Easter, we look at yet another resurrection appearance, this one from the Gospel of John.

The disciples are despondent. The world has collapsed around them. Their Lord has been crucified. I suppose that by the time this story takes place, which is at least a week after the Resurrection, we can assume that they have heard of the Resurrection, if they have not actually experienced the Resurrected Christ. Although we know that some did see him, if you think of the Upper Room story and this one as sequential. But obviously they do not yet know the significance of the Resurrection for their own lives. They are still confused and bewildered. So they do what any intelligent person would do in such circumstances. They go fishing.

The text says, Peter announc…