When God is involved (HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK OF EASTER MAY 2023
HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK OF EASTER Acts 13:13-25; Ps.89; John 13:16-20 When God is involved In the first reading of today Paul gave a brief history of the life of the people of Israel in the synagogue of Antioch, as word of exhortation. The goal here was not to educate the people on their history but to present the history they already know too well in a way they never understood it. What was unique about how Paul told this history was that he interpreted the events of their past in the light of the action of God. By this, he ruled out the thought of coincidence or the pride of personal effort, and rather channeled the focus on the grace of God. By this, Paul was revealing to the people that the direction of happenings in their history was a result of the purposeful plan of God. The events of their history was not all rosy; there were moments when they were confused and complained that God had abandoned them. There were also times when they derailed from God’s commandme...