Homily (Reflection) for Easter Thursday (Octave of Easter: Thursday) (25th
April, 2019) on the Gospel
Acts 3:11-26;
Ps 8:2.5-9. (R. v.2);
Lk 24:35-48.
Topic: Need to go back.
Today’s gospel begins from the last verse of yesterday’s
gospel (Jn 24:35). And while the
eleven and their companions were talking about what were happening Jesus stood
among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” To reassure them that they
were not seeing a ghost, Jesus went further,
Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your
hearts? Look at my hands and my feet; see that it is I myself. Touch me and see;
for a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have.
He went on and showed them His hands and feet, yet in their
joy they were disbelieving and wondering. Jesus also ate a piece of boiled fish
in their presence.
Between Easter vigil and today, the apostles and their
companions had seen among other things the empty tomb, the angels, His
appearances, His hands and feet, and eating before them, yet their faith was
still shaky. Jesus then took them back to the scriptures to understand all that
happened. He opened their minds to understand the scriptures and also
commissioned them as witness.
Their faith could not be firm on miracles alone. Jesus taught
them what is in the scriptures. There is serious need for all to go back to the
scriptures to know the will of God. We conclude with these words from the
scripture and the teaching of Saint Ambrose, “The Church ‘forcefully and
specifically exhorts all the Christian faithful... to learn ‘the surpassing
knowledge of Christ’, by frequent reading of the divine Scriptures. ‘Ignorance
of the Scriptures is the ignorance of Christ.[1]’”
All the questions that beg for answers today have all been answered by God in
His Word (bible). What we need is to open and see.
Bible Reading: Phil 3:7-10; 2Tim 3:10-17.
Thought for today: Jesus is truly risen.
Let us pray: Lord, give me a heart that always
believes in you and not eyes that always seek for miracles – Amen.
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