Where Are You Going?

Lessons Learned from a Legendary Story of St. Peter's Encounter with Jesus While Fleeing Crucifixion

There is a legend in Christian tradition that recounts a story in the apocryphal Acts of Peter. According to the legend, as Peter was fleeing crucifixion in Rome, he encountered the resurrected Jesus on the Appian Way just outside the city. Perplexed that Jesus was walking toward Rome, he asked, according to the Latin text,  "Quo vadis, Domine?" (“Where…