The Word of God sets Free (HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 2ND WEEK OF EASTER APRIL 2023
HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE SECOND WEEK OF EASTER Acts 5:17-26; Ps.34; John 3:16-21 Theme: The Word of God sets Free In the first reading of today, the high priest and the Sadducees persecuted the apostles not merely for their connectivity with Jesus but also for continuing the mission of Jesus. These unrepentant authorities, plagued with guilty conscience, needed to continually convince themselves (and others) that they acted rightly by killing Jesus Christ. So, they never found comfortable anything, person or event that resonances the name and works of Jesus Christ. Darkness attempted to completely put off light so that left with no other choice, the world will embrace darkness as light. So in the first reading, they put the apostles in prison for speaking and doing the works of Christ. Putting them in prison was to stop them. However, an angel of the Lord set them free in a remarkable way. They were led out of the prison while the prison remained securely locked with sentries standi...