HOMILY FOR 4TH THURSDAY OF EASTERTIDE — YEAR A
HOMILY FOR 4TH THURSDAY OF EASTERTIDE — YEAR A
HOMILY THEME: LASTING LOVE AND LOYALTY
BY: Fr. Isaac Awe
Acts 13:13-25; Psalm 89:2-3, 21-22, 25-27; John 13:16-20
How do we treat people who have caused us grief or disappointment, especially those who might be related to us in bonds of friendship or kinship?
In his last supper discourse, Jesus addressed the issue of fidelity and disloyalty in relationships. Jesus knew beforehand that one of his own disciples would betray him. Such knowledge could have easily led Jesus to distance himself from such a man and to protect himself from harm’s way. Instead, Jesus shows affection and loyalty to those who were his own, even to the one he knew would do violence to him through betrayal.
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Jesus loved his disciples to the end and proved his faithfulness to them even to death on the cross. Through his death and resurrection Jesus opened a new way of relationship and friendship with God. Jesus tells his disciples that if they accept him they also accept the Father who sent him. This principle extends to all who belong to Christ and who speak in his name. To accept the Lord’s messenger is to accept Jesus himself. The great honour and the great responsibility a Christian has is to stand in the world for Jesus Christ. As his disciples we are called to speak for him and to act for him.
REFLECTION : Are we ready to stand for Jesus at the cross of opposition and hostility?
PRAYER: Eternal God, who are the light of the minds that know you, the joy of the hearts that love you, and the strength of the wills that serve you; grant us so to know you, that we may truly love you, and so to love you that we may fully serve you. Amen.
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