The reading from 1 Peter, while containing a long sentence with many thoughts, speaks beautifully of how we are born anew in hope, which sets us on a path to attaining the salvation won for us through the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
He does this for us, even though we are mired, like the disciples were, in sin, fear, and doubt. Through His mercy, Christ grants us peace, so we are free from what mires us. We are then given a mission to bring that mercy to the world through forgiveness of sins. This is the new life that God breathes into us through the living Jesus, which manifests itself in the church, whose early days, and purposes even today, are described so well in the first reading.
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