Walking the Walk–Sam Clear–Agape or Philias (Today’s Gospel passage and an answer given by a bishop in Colorado to a question in a forum about why Jesus asked Peter 3 times “do you love me” has a huge impact on Sam. As we heard in the Gospel, Jesus asks Peter 3 times “do you love me”, and he accepts Peter’s “philias” response rather than “agape” as the answer showing that Jesus calls us to follow but understands our weakness in responding fully to that call)