‘To whom else shall we go? You have the message of eternal life.” Peter says these words to Jesus. But they are spoken in a very conflicted context: Jesus had just said something that upset and offended his audience, and the Gospels tell us that everyone walked away grumbling that what Jesus was teaching was “intolerable”. Jesus then turns to his Apostles and asks them: “Do you want to walk away too?” Peter answers: “To whom else can we go?” But that’s more a statement of stoic resignation than an actual question.
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The last word: To whom can we go?
‘to whom else shall we go? you have the message of eternal life.” peter says these words to jesus. but they are spoken in a very conflicted ...
Fr Ronald Rolheiser
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