בְּרָכָה

Jesus answered him, ‘Those who love me will keep my word, and my Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words; and the word that you hear is not mine, but is from the Father who sent me.

‘I have said these things to you while I am still with you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.’

(John 14:23-27)

Kneeling at her feet, Peter filled the basin and began to wash them.

His coarse fisherman’s hands were curiously soothing.

There’s something different about him, she thought.

Then, applying the towel, he looked up.

“May the Lord bless you, Ahot.”

Peter, now, was calling her “sister”?

Anina smiled.