READINGS:

1 R : Acts 3 : 11 - 26.
Ps  8  : 2a & 5, 6 - 7, 8 - 9.
Gos : Lk  24 : 35 - 48.

FOR OUR MEDITATION , LET US CONCENTRATE ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS.

1. IN THE FIRST READING, THE APOSTLES USE THE MIRACLE OF CURING THE CRIPPLE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVANGELIZE.
2. THE APOSTLES ARE HUMBLE ENOUGH NOT TO CLAIM THE CREDIT FOR THEMSELVES. CONTRAST THIS WITH TODAY'S MENTALITY. WHEN SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENS WE CLAIM IT TO BE ' OURS '. AND SOMETHING GOES WRONG WE BLAME GOD .

3. IN THE GOSPEL, JESUS IS VERY KIND AND CONSIDERATE TOWARDS HIS APOSTLES. HE CONVINCES THEM THROUGH WORDS AND ACTIONS. RESURRECTION WAS " TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE " FOR THEM.
BUT JESUS IS PATIENT ENOUGH TO CLARIFY ALL THEIR DOUBTS AND WORRIES.
JESUS ALSO ' ENLIGHTENS '  THEM ABOUT THE CENTRALITY OF THE CROSS AND THE MEANING OF  SUFFERING.

AND ,
WE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT AFTER THE PENTECOST, THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, WHAT A TRANSFORMATION THE APOSTLES HAD ! THEY WILLINGLY AND JOYOUSLY " WENT TO DEATH " AND EMBRACED THE CROSS.

 

 

 

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