THURSDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER

THURSDAY OF THE FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER

REGINA CAELI CATHOLIC CHURCH,

KAREN PARISH – NAIROBI MAY 7, 2020

FIRST READING: Acts 13:13-25

PSALM: Psalms: 89:2-3, 21-22, 25 and 27

GOSPEL READING: John 13:16-20

SERMON BY: Fr. JOACHIM BARIU

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, on this day we are called to continue the good work of the Apostles as St. Paul and many other disciples of the Lord, who have testified before the people about God and His many good works and ultimately ending in the perfect fulfillment of all that God has promised to His people. God has loved all His people and that’s why He has given us opportunities after opportunities, time and again, for us to repent and to turn away from our sins.

He does not want us to fall into damnation as what would happen if we continue down our path of sin. The Apostles, especially St. Paul was not afraid to speak up for his faith in God. As we have seen from the first reading from the book of Acts of the Apostles, he revealed before the people about the Lord Jesus despite the threats which the pharisees and the elders from Jerusalem. He was not afraid of all the threats and continued to speak in the Lord’s name courageously. Let us also be courageous like Paul.

This is the kind of dedication which all of us as Christians should also have in our own lives. We must be ready to stand up for our faith, to show our faith through real and concrete dedication to our faith. This is what each one of us must do as those who profess to believe in God. That in everything we say and do, we bring greater glory to God. Let us commit to the Lord in our hearts with all our strength. Let us all be beacons of God’s light in this world, especially during this time so that through us the works of God and His loving mercy be exercised among us so that more and more people will come to believe in God and have hope in Him.

May the Lord bless us all and be with us in this journey of faith. Amen.