HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF 2ND WEEK OF EASTER. (1)

HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF 2ND WEEK OF EASTER.

THEME: God sent his Son into the world so that through him the world might be saved.

BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA.

*READINGS OF THE DAY*
Acts 5:17-26
Psalm 33:2-9
John 3:16-21

*LITURGICAL COLOUR*
WHITE

*FROM OUR FIRST READING*
The first reading suggests that no human power can block the preaching of the gospel, not even the imprisonment of the apostles, Jesus’ closest associates. The risen Lord will always find a way for the gospel to be proclaimed, in spite of people’s best efforts to silence it.

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*FROM OUR GOSPEL READING*
One of the great verses of John’s gospel is to be found at the beginning of our gospel reading this morning, ‘God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him… may have eternal life’. That statement has been a source of inspiration for many believers over the centuries. The evangelist declares that Jesus, God’s Son, reveals God’s love for the world and for each of us individually. All authentic love is life-giving, and God’s love, revealed in the coming of Jesus, is life-giving to an exceptional degree.

*CONCLUSION*
Dear friends, God gave us his Son so that we might have life and have it to the full, meaning having ‘eternal life’. Therein lies the gospel, the good news of God’s loving and life-giving initiative towards us. The Gospel of John is also clear that God’s initiative needs our response if it is to be effective. We need to come to God’s Son, to come out into the light. Having come to God’s Son, we need to remain in him, to remain in his love, and we do that by keeping his word, by living out his new commandment to love one another as he has loved us. God has given his Son to us; it falls to us to give ourselves to God’s Son. Then we will indeed have life and have it to the full.
The Lord be with You!

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