Homily for May 5, 2017.
Just as it
wasn’t out of mere coincidence that the Ethiopian Eunuch got to meet Philip, in
yesterday’s reading, we can see that it wasn’t ordinary coincidence that Saul
got to meet Ananias whom God used to bring about the restoration of his sight.
Whether we
like it or not, God is totally in control of everything that happens on earth.
Saul had set out with letters authorising him to persecute Christians but Jesus
accosted him on the way and asked him a very significant question:
“Saul,
Saul, why do you persecute me?” This question reveals one sublime truth: that
we Christians who receive Holy Communion are the body and blood of Jesus. This is
exactly what Jesus meant to explain in today’s Gospel passage:
“He who
eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him… He who eats me
will live because of me… he who eats this bread will live forever.”
There is a
fine saying that you are what you eat. Whatever you eat becomes part of your
body. So when we eat Jesus’ flesh in Holy Communion, we become Jesus while on
earth and eternal life awaits us in heaven.
Dear friends,
let us be rest assured that just as Jesus protected the early Christians under
Saul’s threat, Jesus is more than capable of protecting us. We don’t need to
visit native doctors or use charms for protection when we have Jesus himself in
Holy Communion.
Again,
knowing that we are part of Jesus through our reception of Holy Communion
should make us strive each day to represent Jesus by holy and sinless lives. The
world today has lost its respect and reverence for Christians because they no
longer see Christ in us; we no longer behave like the Jesus we eat.
Above all,
while people looked at Saul and saw in him a murderer and a terrorist, God saw
in him a chosen instrument of Gospel. In the eyes of God, no one is absolutely
useless.
Let us
pray: Lord Jesus, use me as your chosen instrument. Amen
Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith.
It is well with you. God bless you. (Thursday of the 3rd Week
of Easter. Bible Study: Acts 9:1-20 and John 6:52-59).
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