HOLY MASS: 3rd SUNDAY OF EASTER
Channel: Father Charles Kinyua Foundation
Date: 14/04/2024

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER, YEAR B

Apr 14, 2024 
Scripture Readings: 

Acts of the Apostles 3:13-19; 
First Letter of St John 2:1-5; 
Luke 24:35-48

Only in Luke do we find this resurrection story that is built around the theme of a journey. This is a theme dear to the evangelist as he portrayed Jesus journeying to Jerusalem through the second half of his gospel. Now we are shown disciples coming away from Jerusalem full of disappointment and lacking in understanding. On their journey they are brought to see things differently by a Jesus they only finally recognize at the breaking of what the Emmaus journey is all about.

Every Christian must come to a resurrection faith, one that accompanies Jesus through from Good Friday to Easter Sunday. We are invited to understand through our prayerful reading of the scriptures and the events that occur ‘on the road‘ of our lives that the risen Lord still walks with us and meets us, especially when we gather to break bread, that is share in the Eucharist.

The first and second readings point to the danger of thinking that just because we belong to what we consider to be the ‘true’ religion we do not have to concern ourselves with how we live out that faith. Peter is speaking to his fellow-Jews beside the temple in Jerusalem, reminding them of the need for repentance Jesus today while John is writing to some smug Christians who feel that simply knowing Jesus is enough. The fact is that there must be a connection between what we believe and the way we live. Our faith must show itself in love.

The Emmaus story is a reminder that unfortunately, the story of Easter may remain just a retelling of some event from the distant past if we do not allow Jesus to show us how his resurrection is a source of life for us today. Its power is to be experienced in the ordinary events of life as we struggle to be faithful. However, it is often only with hindsight that we can see the ways the Lord has accompanied us on the road.

DO HAVE A BLESSED SUNDAY

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