REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK OF EASTER 26TH APRIL 2024
HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK OF EASTER Acts 13:26-33; Ps.2; John 14:1-6 Jesus is our Security Security is something very important for every living thing. Virtually all that a man does is geared towards securing himself both for the present and in the future. Nothing else makes sense to a man when his life is threatened. Only a secured mind can meaningfully contribute to the growth and development of a community. In today’s gospel reading, the security of the apostles seemed to be taken away from them. They had left everything and followed Jesus because they believed that they would be secured with Jesus than with their former pre-occupations. Now, Jesus is telling them of his impending betrayer and death. They had expected that Jesus will help defeat the Romans who persecuted them at that time. Through this defeat, they will be stake holders in the new-world, and so their lives will be ultimately secured. Now, their calculations seems to be falling apart. Jesus is going to die; n...