Saturday Reflection

Readings

In the Acts of the Apostles today, we see the elders and the scribes perceive Peter and John as “uneducated, ordinary men.” Certainly, they see these men as controllable. “We will instruct them never to mention the name of Jesus again, never to mention the remarkable signs that all had witnesses.”

Think about how many people around us would love us never to mention Jesus, never mention his miracles, his teaching, the faith that we have been given and long to practice. Non-believers often consider us as simpletons, believers in magic and things unseen and unprovable.

We know better, we have a faith that we cannot develop ourselves but is a gift from God. Let us continue to display our faith in the Risen Christ by the way we live, in what we say and do, and how we pray.

Easter blessings,

Fr. John

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