For the sake of God alone (HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE OCTAVE OF EASTER APRIL 2023
HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE OCTAVE OF EASTER Acts 3:11-26; Ps.8 & 5; Luke 24:35-48 For the sake of God alone One of the laws of the 48 laws of power says: Never outshine your master. To outshine one’s master means to try to use your present opportunity to apportion to oneself the glory that is due to the one who has helped you obtain the opportunity. This makes it a form of disloyalty. In the first reading of today, Peter and John were not disloyal to their master Jesus Christ. Yesterday we read how through the power of the risen Christ, they were able to make the lame man walk. Now, the lame man and the people around could only understand that Peter and John have made a lame man walk. They could not understand that it was the power of the risen Christ that was at work. So, while the lame man clung to Peter and John, the people ran to them. These gestures already suggest the desire to worship or adore Peter and John as though they made the lame man work by their own powers. However,...