SERMON/HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 3RD WEEK OF EASTER 19TH APRIL 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR FRIDAY OF THE 3RD WEEK OF EASTER 19TH APRIL 2024 Acts 9:1-20; Ps.117; John 6:52-59 Enlightened for Christ The first reading of today presents us with the conversion of St. Paul. Although it is properly called conversion, but the conversion was more of an enlightenment on what is right than a movement from wrong to right. While Saul went to the high priest to obtain letters to the synagogues of Damascus to enable him legally arrest Christians, he thought of it as the right thing to do. Christians were seen as violators of the Jewish laws and customs. Consequently, as a devoted Jew, Saul took it upon himself to preserve the laws and customs given by God to Moses and handed on by his forefathers. Saul had a noble intention but lacked the right knowledge. Therefore, the conversion of Saul can be likened to a counselling experience on what is truly right. There were many Jews persecuting Christians at that time. We may begin to wonder why the Lord specifically chose to enc...