Reflection/Homily for Sixth Sunday of Easter Year B 5th may 2024
Reflection/Homily for Sixth Sunday of Easter Year B 5th may 2024 Acts 10:26-26,34-35,44-48. 1 John 4:7--10. John 15:9-17. Theme: God is Love. The central message of today's readings is love. The love of God knows no boundary. Hence, our Responsorial Psalm: "The Lord has shown his deliverance to the nations." Indeed, we see in the first reading how the Lord showed his deliverance to the nations by the Holy Spirit being poured on Cornelius and his household, and they received the sacrament of Baptism in the first reading. With the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Cornelius and his household, St. Peter said, "Truly I perceive that God shows no partiality, but in every nation, anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him" (Acts 10:34-35). Cornelius was acceptable to God because he feared God and did what was right. He was "a devout man who gave alms generously to the people and prayed constantly to God" (Acts 10:2). His almsgiving open...