The Greek verb to believe can also be translated as began to believe.  This means that our faith needs time to grow and mature. We need to feed on spiritual food and sound teaching. The full maturation of our faith lies in the proclamation of faith that is heard during the Easter season: “Christ is Risen!” To deny the resurrection is to deny the essence of the gospel message. Blessed John Duns Scotus would say that the maturation of faith is a result of the fact that the tomb is the Sacred Scriptures.  Peter is faith, which is the first thing we bring to its pages, and John is understanding, which afterward enters and penetrates their meaning more deeply. Morally, Peter and John represent the active and contemplative missions of the Church, so that even when contemplatives are the first to arrive at a deeper understanding of the faith, deference is given to the hierarchical leadership, who later defines and promulgates their authentic insights. At Easter, our faith reaches maturity through many struggles and doubts. Let us always walk towards that maturity in faith.