Maintain your Spiritual Soil (HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE OCTAVE OF EASTER APRIL 2024
Homily for Easter Friday Acts 4:1-12. Psalm 118:1-2,4,22-24,25-27a. John 21:1-14. In the first reading, Peter and John were brought the council assembled into Jerusalem. Filled with the Holy Spirit, Peter spoke concerning the power behind the healing of the lame man from birth. In his speech, he once testified to the Risen Lord, saying, "By the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him this man is standing before you well. This is the stone which was rejected by you builders, but which has become the cornerstone" (Acts 4:10-11). Peter and John are examples of how true disciples of Christ who are filled with the Holy Spirit should always act. We should never shun any situation that calls us to stand for the truth. In today's Gospel, seven of Christ's disciples returned to their former profession of fishing, and He appeared to them when they least expected. They laboured all through the night and caught nothing but with ...