HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF 7TH WEEK OF EASTER. (1)

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF 7TH WEEK OF EASTER.

THEME: This disciple is the one who vouches for these things and we know that his testimony is true.

BY: FR. DEOTACIOUS CHIKONTWE SMA.

*READINGS OF THE DAY*

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF 7TH WEEK OF EASTER.

THEME: This disciple is the one who vouches for these things and we know that his testimony is true.

BY: FR. DEOTACIOUS CHIKONTWE SMA.

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Acts 28:16-20,30-31
Psalm 10:4-5,7
John 21:20-25

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
WHITE

*INTRODUCTION*
Good morning dear brethrens, today we celebrate Saturday of the 7th Week of Easter Period, liturgical calendar Year A.
This is the final weekday of the Easter season. The season of Easter concludes with tomorrow’s feast of Pentecost. We are back to Ordinary Time on Monday. As we conclude the Easter Season the two readings of today’s Mass are also conclusions.

*ABOUT OUR FIRST READING*
The first reading is the conclusion of the Acts of the Apostles from which we have been reading since Easter Sunday. It speaks of the arrival of Paul in Rome as a prisoner of the Roman authorities. Yet, even while under house arrest, Luke describes him as continuing to do what he had been doing since his meeting with the risen Lord on the road to Damascus, ‘proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching the truth about the Lord Jesus Christ’.

RELATED: HOMILY FOR PENTECOST SUNDAY YEAR A.

*ABOUT OUR GOSPEL READING*
Today’s gospel reading gives us the concluding verses of the fourth gospel, from which we have been reading for the past seven weeks of the Easter season. The reading features two disciples, Peter and the nameless disciple that is only ever referred to in this gospel as ‘the disciple Jesus loved’. The gospel reading claims that this nameless disciple is the one who inspired the writing of this fourth gospel, ‘This disciple is the one who vouches for these things and has written them down, and we know that his testimony is true’. The risen Jesus had just commissioned Peter, ‘Feed my sheep’. Peter was to be the chief shepherd who would have the primary pastoral care of Jesus’ flock. After Peter had received this commission, he turned to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and asked Jesus, ‘What about him, Lord.

*CONCLUSION*
The Lord had a different purpose in mind for this disciple. His task would be to take some of the traditions about Jesus and help to mould them into a coherent story about Jesus. We are being reminded that the Lord works through different disciples in different ways. We each have our own unique contribution to make to the Lord’s work. Grace always builds on nature. The Lord has a distinct role for each one of us on the basis of our own particular gifts and limitations, our own temperament and set of experiences. We might be tempted to ask with Peter, ‘What about him or her, Lord?’ Perhaps, a better question is, ‘What about me, Lord? What are you asking of me at this time? How do you want me to serve your people?’

May the Almighty God bless you the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.

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