FR REMI HOMILIES/REFLECTIONS AND SERMONS

 HOMILY ON THE 3RD SUNDAY OF EASTER, YEAR A Acts 2:14.22-33; Ps.16; 1Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35 “ _Lord Jesus, open the Scriptures to us” (cf.Lk.24:32a)_  From Complaint to Testimony: Retelling the Story The message of today’s readings is: if we would take our complaint to the Word of God, they will become testimonies. Complaint and testimony are both stories but with different endings. No matter how beautiful the beginning of the story of a complaint may, it is surely going to have a sorrowful end. While no matter how sad the story of a testimony may be, a joyful end is sure. After the death of Christ, while he was in the grave, everything about Him became a story that was told in the whole of Jerusalem. For those who had closely associated with Jesus, this story was told in form of a complaint because their hope for following Jesus was being dashed. What they expected was never realized; and now that the story had ended with Jesus’ death, it became a complaint. This was th...