Homily Points

Third Sunday of EASTER

General. In our Baptism we have acquired the grace of adoption, and along with it the hope that like Christ we shall rise again with him in our body in the last days. Up till now we have achieved the joy of Easter by means of our rising from an internal, existential death which sin portends in us, and we have a warranty that every sin of ours is forgiven and buried in the baptismal font, which the Easter Vigil and this time recall in abundance.

Acts of the Apostles. Peter is here announcing the Good Tidings to the same Jews who had denied the Holy and Just One and put to death the Master of life. Yet there is also given unto us the hope of consolation coming from the Lord if only we repent from our sins and ask Him for forgiveness.

First Epistle of St John. Jesus Christ the Just One is continually interceding for us before the Lord. St John encourages us to keep his commandments and not to sin, so that we might have in us the fulness (pleqwra) of God’s love.

St Luke. Jesus appears again to his disciples who are still fearful and confused about his rising from the dead. He greets them with the holy words of peace and prepares them for the mission he will be sending them to accomplish – to announce far and wide in His Name repentance leading to the forgivess of sins.

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