Peter demonstrates that for him, any guilty memories have been transcended by his relationship with the resurrected reality of Jesus. Easter is the affirmation that Jesus came into the world not to condemn the world but that the world might be saved through him. All this is from God, to whom we are reconciled through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. Yet the reality is, our lives and relationships deny this truth. Within our homes and community we find violence and abuse.
Children cower in fear.
Women submit as nobodies. Men cry out in silence. Children struggle to understand. Men wonder who they are supposed to be. Futures are lost.