The Tenacity of the Word of God (HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 5TH WEEK OF EASTER 10th May 2023
HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE 5TH WEEK OF EASTER 10th May 2023 Acts 15:1-6; Ps.122; John 15:1-8 The Tenacity of the Word of God As the early Christian community contended with external oppositions and suffered varying degrees of persecutions, they also had to deal with some internal issues. One of such internal issues is found in today’s first reading: how should the gentile converts be assimilated into the body of Christ. This question had never been attended to because the experience of gentile conversion was a new one. Remember that Peter was accused by the believers of preaching to the gentiles; and he narrated how he had a vision and the events that followed. It became clear that the message of salvation was meant for the gentile world too. But how were they to be incorporated? There were basically two opposing views. One party opined that gentile converts needed to be circumcised according to the custom of Moses. The other party argued that circumcision was not to be made compulsor...