HOMILY/REFLECTION OF 5TH SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR B
HOMILY THEME: I am the vine, you are the branches
BY: Fr Deotacious Chikontwe SMA
READINGS OF THE DAY
Acts 9:26-31
Psalm 21:26-28,30-32.
1 John 3:18-24
John 15:1-8
LITURGICAL COLOUR
WHITE
INTRODUCTION
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we commmerate the Fifth Sunday in the season of Easter.
FROM OUR FIRST READING
Our first reading of today, presents us with a picture of Saul. Newly converted to Jesus, provoking fear in the Christian community at Jerusalem. The other people would not believe that he now really followed Christ.
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FROM OUR SECOND READING
In our Second reading, John reminds us that: “…our love is not to be just word or mere talk, but something real and active. Only through this can we be certain that we are the children of truth…” John seems to remind us of the saying that: “Action speaks louder than words.
FROM OUR GOSPEL READING
Today’s gospel brings us a narrative in which Jesus conveys his teaching symbolically. Jesus draws us the picture of the vine and the branches.
Jesus said: I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remain in me and I in him will bear much fruit.”
CONCLUSION
Our readings today invite to continue to understand the world and our participation in it through the eyes of Jesus Himself. Once again, we are brought to the same place: speak the words of Christ, live as Christ and in that living and speaking is born the Christian community. Because I am a truly convinced Catholic, I also believe that a deep search for the truth will bring Christians to the Catholic faith. Today we can ask our Risen Lord to open our hearts and minds more completely to his Word, the Word of God. We can ask the Holy Spirit to illumine our hearts and our minds so that we can see the truth and have the courage to live it in our deeds.
Have a Blessed 5th Sunday of the Easter Season.
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