Today, in some countries, we celebrate Father's Day. The Gospel reading of the day is very apt for this celebration. We are human beings. Among the great gifts that God has bestowed upon us is the gift of our five senses. Through our senses we experience this world around us. To a large extent, it is through our parents' unconditional love that we comprehend and taste God's unconditional love. Therefore we can freely say that God is our father and our mother. In the Gospel, Peter gave an enlightened reply to Jesus' question: "You are the Messiah of God." Peter had already been with Jesus for some time. He had experienced Jesus very closely: from his deep experience of Jesus and God's grace he was able to identify him as the Messiah. Today Jesus is putting the same question to each of us. Jesus' question calls us to name our personal relationship with God. From our childhood onwards we learn to call our earthly father as father and through him we receive unconditional love, care and concern. Therefore we always identify him as our father. To answer Jesus' question, we need, like Peter, to have a personal encounter with Christ through prayer.