HOMILY FOR EASTER FRIDAY. (2)

HOMILY FOR EASTER FRIDAY.

THEME: The Appearance of Jesus Christ to the Seven Disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.

BY: Fr. Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Acts 4:1-12
Psalm 117:1-2,4,22-27

HOMILY FOR EASTER FRIDAY.

THEME: The Appearance of Jesus Christ to the Seven Disciples at the Sea of Tiberias.

BY: Fr. Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.

 

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Acts 4:1-12
Psalm 117:1-2,4,22-27
John 21:1-14

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
WHITE

*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
In our first reading today, we heard of the opposition and hardships which the Apostles faced in the beginning of their ministry, as they were arrested by the chief priests and the members of the Sanhedrin, who have often been adamantly and stubbornly against the Lord, His truth and teachings.

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*FROM OUR GOSPEL READING*
In this morning’s gospel reading we find the disciples returning to their occupation as fishermen. Jesus had called them away from their profession some years earlier. He had called them to follow him and to share in his work of drawing people into God’s kingdom. However, now that Jesus had been crucified, there was nothing to do but go back to what they knew best. They were returning to their past. However, a little bit like the two disciples on the road to Emmaus who were heading in the wrong direction, these disciples were facing in the wrong direction; they were heading back to where they had been. The risen Lord now stood on the shore of the Sea of Galilee to redirect them, to renew the call he had made to them by the Sea of Galilee some years earlier. He first established communion with them, the communion they had broken by abandoning him in the hour of his passion and death. He did so by the simple invitation, ‘Come and have breakfast’.

*CONCLUSION*
We are also often tempted to go back to where we have been, even if it is only in our memories. Yet, the Lord is always calling us forward. Even when we have failed him in various ways, he continues to call us to begin afresh, and to cast our net in a different direction. Our relationship with the Lord always has a future that is full of hope. Easter is a season when we are invited to recognize the Lord on the shore of our lives calling out to us to follow where he is leading us.
Peace be with You!

Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.

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