HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 6TH WEEK OF EASTER (1)

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY OF THE 6TH WEEK OF EASTER

THEME: JESUS AND THE FATHER….. “I came from the Father (…). Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

BY: Fr. Xavier ROMERO i Galdeano
(Cervera, Lleida, Spain)

HOMILY FOR SATURDAY MAY 28 2022

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 16,23b-28.

Today, vigil of our Lord’s Ascension into Heaven, the Gospel leaves us with some very fond farewell words. Jesus let us share his most precious mystery; God Father is his origin and, at the same time, his destination: “I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” (Jn 16:28).

This great Truth of the Second Person of the Holy Trinity should be constantly resounding into our heads: Jesus is really the Son of God: God Father is his origin and God Father is his destination.

For those who claim to know everything about God, but question Jesus’ Divine filiations, today’s Gospel has an important thing they should remember: “He, who” the Jews name God is who sent Jesus to us; He is, therefore, the Father to those who believe. With this we are clearly told that God can only and truly be known by those who accept Jesus’ Father is God.

But Jesus’ Divine filiations, also reminds us of another important thing for our lives: those baptized into Christ are sons of God through the Holy Spirit. And this hides a most beautiful mystery for us: this adoptive fatherhood by God towards us is different of human adoption insofar it has a true foundation in each one of us, as it implies a new birth. Consequently, he who has been accepted in the great Divine Family is no longer a stranger to it.

This is why in the Mass Collects of the Ascension Day we shall all be reminded that all children must follow the steps of the Son: “Grant us, we pray, almighty God, the gift of a blessed joy and the rejoicing of a burning thanksgiving, for the Ascension into the heavens of Christ, your Son, also is our submission and glory, for where the Head ascended the body hopes to ascend, too.” So no Christian should therefore let be left behind, for this is far more important than participating in any marathon race, the finishing line being in Heaven, with the very God!

Fr. Xavier ROMERO i Galdeano
(Cervera, Lleida, Spain)