HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER, YEAR B
HOMILY THEME: I AM THE WAY, THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE
BY: Fr. Deotacious Chikontwe SMA
Acts 13:26-33, Psalm 2:6-11, John 14:1–6.
INTRODUCTION
Good morning my dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate Friday of the Forth Week of Easter Season.
FROM OUR FIRST READING
In today’s first reading, Paul declares that when God raised Jesus from the dead, he appeared for many days to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. It was those appearances of the risen Lord to his followers that transformed them from a despondent and fearful group to the joyful and courageous preachers of the gospel throughout the world of the Roman Empire. Paul was one of those to whom the risen Lord appeared and he became, as a result, the greatest apostle to the pagans in the early church. It was because Jesus was raised from the dead and appeared to his followers that the movement he began during his public ministry became a world-wide church.
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FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
Christ in today’s gospel reading presents Himself as the counteract to fear: “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
THE THREE WORDS OF JESUS THAT TOUCHES ME MOST FROM TODAYS GOSPEL READING
1. Jesus says: “I am the Way.” The Lord Jesus does not simply give advice and direction. He personally is the way and we cannot miss it. He leads and guides us personally every day.
2. Jesus also says: “I am the Truth.” Many of us can say, “I have taught you the truth.” But only Jesus can say, ‘I am the Truth.’ Moral truth cannot be conveyed in words alone; it must be conveyed in example.
3. Jesus also says: “I am the Life.” He not only ‘shows us the path of life’ (Ps. 16:11); He gives the kind of life which only God can give, eternal life.
CONCLUSION
Dear friends, the Lord who brought comfort to his troubled disciples, seeks to bring comfort to us all in our own valleys of darkness and he wants to work through each one of us to bring comfort to others in their times of struggle and distress.
Remain Blessed everyone and Have a Blessed Weekend.
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