Committed to authentic listening (HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 5TH WEEK OF EASTER MAY 2023
HOMILY FOR MONDAY OF THE 5TH WEEK OF EASTER Acts 14:5-18; Ps.115; John 14:21-26 Committed to authentic listening The first reading of today records the healing of a cripple at Lystra. The process through which this cripple was healed leaves us with so much lessons. First, Paul and Barnabas were not engaged in a prayer session or a miracle crusade. Their intention was simply to preach God’s word and through it, bring the people to accepting Jesus as their Lord and Saviour. Lystra was a pagan city. So, Paul and Barnabas busied themselves with telling the people about the goodnews of Jesus Christ and the mighty works that accompanied Him. The cripple who had never walked since birth, gave a listening hear to the message preached by Paul. He listened to the point that his faith started building up from what he was hearing about Jesus of Nazareth. His whole being was so engrossed with the goodnews that the faith that which was building up in him started to cause him to have an unusual desir...