DATE : 23/4/2021
EVENT : Friday of the Third Week of Eastertide
COLOUR: White
READINGS : Acts 9:1-20;
Resp. Psalm 116:1-2; John 6:52-59.
THEME: CHRIST IS THE ONLY WAY
Greetings beloved people of God. I welcome you to "My Catholic Homily Digest". On this twenty third day of April, which is the fifth day of the third week of Eastertide, I wish to reflect with you on the theme: " Christ Is The Only Way". Beloved in Christ, one of the realities of life is that there is plurality in nature. Hence, there is never one option, method or way of doing a thing or getting to a desired outcome. God in His benevolent wisdom has created the world to provide varied levels of options for the teaming individual of various personalities that populate the world. However, in His manifold goodness also, He has chosen to narrow the path of salvation, making His begotten Son, our lord Jesus Christ as the only WAY and means by which man can be saved. Thus, while there are numerous ways to get natural thing done, there is only one access WAY to heaven and to the spiritual realities. The man Jesus Christ. This is why every prayer must end by calling on the name of Jesus.
In the first reading of today, Acts 9:1-20, we are told that Saul was granted permission to arrest and prosecute all the followers of the WAY. This is one of the first place that the term "WAY" occured in reference to the disciples of Christ. According to Scripture Scholars, this term originated from Christ himself who said, "I am the WAY, the Truth and the Life" (John 14:6). It has also been used by the prophet of Old to refers to the Messiah (Cf. Isa. 40:3; Matt. 3:3; Mk. 1:3; Acts 11:26). The very expression of WAY, suggest man is a lost wanderer in the desert of the world. He has been displaced from the true path by ignorance, error, sin, danger, and irreligion. So, Christ coming as the WAY, offers man, a renewed opportunity to be saved. Thus, out of ignorance, Saul embarked on his way to persecute the followers of the WAY, until the WAY Himself, threw him off the way of ignorance into the WAY of salvation. And Saul persevered as a promoter of the WAY for the remainder of his life.
Child of God, one of the questions you need to ask yourself this morning is: am I on the right WAY to salvation? Listen to me, it is one thing to know about the WAY, and a different thing to walk on the WAY. It is one thing to desire to walk on the WAY, and a different thing to persevere on the WAY like Saul. Truth is, there are many strong winds of temptations and harsh conditions of life, that will come to blow you off the WAY. But if you abide with the WAY, eating and drinking His body and blood, He will give you the vitality to remain steadfast in His WAY.
Oh that today you would listen to his voice harden not your hearts (Ps.95:7-8).
LET US PRAY : Lord Jesus, help me to remain focused on the WAY that leads to my salvation....
The Lord be with you....... and with your Spirit.
May Almighty God bless you in the Name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ....Amen
HAPPY WEEKEND BELOVED FRIENDS
@ Fada Emmanuel Nnamdi Megwara, MSP. ⛪
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