HOMILY FOR THE 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR A. (1)

HOMILY FOR THE 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR A.

THEME: Stay with us Lord for it is dark!

BY: Fr. Justus Oruma.

(a) “Stay with us Lord for it is evening” was the prayer of the two disciples who left Jerusalem returning to Emmaus. W

HOMILY FOR THE 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER YEAR A.

THEME: Stay with us Lord for it is dark!

BY: Fr. Justus Oruma.

 

(a) “Stay with us Lord for it is evening” was the prayer of the two disciples who left Jerusalem returning to Emmaus. We recall that at the Palm Sunday, all roads led to Jerusalem with the triumphant entry of Jesus. I guess, these two left Emmaus too for Jerusalem for in Jerusalem everything written about Jesus would be fulfilled. Jerusalem became a place of all expectations and high hopes of the work of Messiah.

THEME: HOMILY FOR THE 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER

(b) But in Jerusalem, the Messiah was killed and buried in their presence. The long awaited Saviour is dead, all hope was lost. The two, in disappointment were returning back to base, the Emmaus. Jesus joined them on their way as they were telling the story of the work of salvation which ended hopelessly but without knowing that the dead and resurrection of Jesus is already effective in their lives. The Acts of the Apostles refreshes our minds about the efficacy of the dead and resurrection of Christ in our lives. St Peter too reminds us that we were saved not with perishable earthly things but the costly blood of the Lamb without blemish, to remind us the power behind our salvation.

(c) The Emmaus experience of the two disciples captures our life experiences most times. We tend to forget easily what Jesus has done for us and we return and relapse into the old ways (the Emmaus). We live in disappointments, hopelessness, in terror and in fear because we have forgotten the power that saved us. This was the state of evening and darkness which covers the two disciples and they prayed, “stay with us Lord for it is dark”. In the appearances of Jesus after the resurrection, he would show them his wounds in his hands and feet to remind them the cost of the salvation. This time, he reminds them with his teachings and with the breaking of the bread and they quickly ran back to Jerusalem. In his Word, In the breaking of the bread, in the Holy Eucharist, Jesus remains with us to dispel the darkness of our hearts. Our land too is filled with darkness. We pray, “stay with us Lord, for it is dark”.

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