Preserving your God-given freedom (HOMILY/SERMON FOR THURSDAY OF THE 2ND WEEK OF EASTER APRIL 2023
HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF EASTER Acts 5:27-33; Ps.34; John 3:31-36 Preserving your God-given freedom Yesterday we saw that the Word of God sets free. But what is the nature of this freedom? Although an angel of the Lord delivered the apostles from the prison bars, this freedom of the Word of God is not essentially in physical terms; it is a freedom that puts away everything that could inhibit us from preaching and living out the Word of God. When we get to the level whereby nothing both from within and outside us can stop us from associating with the Word of God, then we are truly free. In the first reading of today, we come to fully understand the freedom the Word of God brought upon the apostles. Again the authorities summoned and queried them to defiling their warnings not to speak anymore in the name of Jesus. While the authorities were spelling out the gravity of their offence, the apostles courageous defended their actions. The apostles were not threatened by the ...