SERMON/HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 2ND WEEK OF EASTER 9TH APRIL 2024
SERMON/HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 2ND WEEK OF EASTER 9TH APRIL 2024 Acts 4:32-37; Ps.93; John 3:7b-15 A united Christian Community It is easier for people to be united when they have a common purpose. When there is no common purpose, it can be very difficult for people to see themselves as one even under the umbrella of common humanity. But the problem with uniting under a common purpose is that such people may segregate themselves from others who do not share in their purpose. Should this principle be applied to the practice of Christianity? The first reading of today gives an answer. We are told that the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul. This means that people were united on the basis of their common believe in Jesus Christ. This belief made them see themselves as one. This belief also made them over look other cultural, financial, educational, identities that hitherto united or separated them. All of these no longer mattered; what mattered now was their common...