DATE : 16/4/2021
EVENT : Friday of the Second Week of Eastertide
COLOUR: White
READINGS : Acts 5:34-42;
Resp. Psalm 26:1,4,13-14; John 6:1-15.
THEME: TIME: THE TRUEST TEST OF AUTHENTICITY
Greetings beloved people of God. I welcome you to "My Catholic Homily Digest". On this Sixteenth day of April, which is the fifth day of the second week of Eastertide, I wish to reflect with you on the theme: " Time: The Truest Test Of Authenticity". Beloved in Christ, do you remember the famous saying that, 'time heals all wounds'? It is not only wound that time heals, there are a host of other things that time can remedy, can make whole, and can prove valid or invalid. As human beings, experience has shown that there is nothing under the sun that last forever. No condition, no situation, nothing at all, no matter how long it last, can be permanent. Everything according to the Greek Heraclitus, is at the state of flux, change is constant. However, this temporariness pertains to created and existing realities. Only God is immutable, unchangeable, unalterable, and endures forever. So, it is only things which carry a stamp of the divine within them that will never change or end.
Thus, in the the first reading of today, Acts 5:34-42, we are told that one of the respectable member of the Sanhendrin, Gamaliel, addressed the group of Jewish elders, who were bend on putting an end to the preachings of the Apostles. He spoke thus: "What I suggest, therefore, is that you leave these men alone and let them go. If this enterprise, this movement of theirs, is of human origin it will break up of its own accord; but if it does in fact come from God you will not only be unable to destroy them, but you might find yourselves fighting against God." Now, this man understood what Pharaoh and the Egyptians did not grasp on time. That, no one can change or put an end to whatever has a divine stamp. So, illumined by divine wisdom, Gamaliel understood that no natural or human force can complete with the divine force. He knew that God is the supreme ruler, and truth comes from him. Hence, whatever that is not from God, already has within itself the seed of destruction and will definitely expire with time. Thus, since God is full of patience, he allows untruths, pretenders, deceivers, and liars to fester because He knows that, they will fade away over time.
Child of God, there is nothing that reveals the authenticity of an action, the validity of a thing, the workability of an idea, the durability of a product, and the reality of truth, like time. Whatever condition, idea, project, product, character and policy that does not have the stamp of the divine will definitely wither. So, do not be quick to pass judgement, do not be quick to accept an idea, do not be quick to trust, do not be quick to condemn, do not be quick to subscribe to an idea, do not be quick to evaluate a person's worth, do not be quick to see yourself as a failure. Always give yourself time. Times, matures, time heals, time brings bigger opportunities, time makes inauthentic existence to fade away. If you have a friend who claims to be dependable, give it time. If you have a love proposer, give it time. If you have a catch-22 before you, allow it some time, if you are sick, give yourself some time to heal, if you are downcast, depressed, and seem to be failing, give yourself some time. If things are not working out for you at this moment, give yourself some more time. If you are not happy with your profession or vocation in life, give it more time. And if God's promises are delayed in manifesting in your life, give it some more time (Hab. 2:3). At the end and with time, God will always work things for good.
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 be patience with you and to always believe in the ability of time to make things better.
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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