SERMON/HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 6TH WEEK OF EASTER 7TH MAY 2024
SERMON/ HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF THE 6TH WEEK OF EASTER 7TH MAY 2024 Acts 16:22-34; Ps.138; John 16:5-11 With God, disappointments become Blessings Life continues to teach us that we are not always in control of everything that happens around and to us. Often times, we wish that certain things never happened. It could be an impeding unpleasant situation that we have prayed against, yet it materialized. Such experiences could leave us demoralized. The readings of today address us in such a demoralized atmosphere. The readings teach us that God can always create something wonderful out of every ugly situation, such that the ugly situation becomes a necessary springboard for the consequent wonder that followed it. But this can only come about if we don’t stop believing in the power of God in whatever happens around and to us. In the first reading, it was rather unfortunate that Paul and Silas were attacked by the crowd of Philippians, not for any wrong they have done but for bringing them th...