Wednesday in the
Octave of Easter
(Acts 3:1-10; Luke 24:13-35)
In the depths of
sorrow and in the heights of satisfaction, people tend to forget God’s
mercy. In today’s gospel the two
disciples are so dejected they do not notice that the risen Jesus has come to is
accompany them. He must remind them of
all that he foretold about his passion, death, and resurrection.
He comes in the
Eucharist as well. He tells the story of liberation from both tyranny and
sin. More than that, he invites his
listeners to a supper of bread turned into his body and wine converted to his
blood. He does not want anyone to despair
that their prayers are not heard or their deeds are worthless.
Right now, wars wage
in the Ukraine and Gulf region, nations are at a loss to deal justly with
immigrants, and men are losing their souls to pornography. We must both pray and act, act and pray. We pray that the Holy Spirit, which raised Jesus
to new life, may charge the minds and hearts of world leaders to establish
peace with justice for all. We perform
voluntary acts of kindness and goodwill as tiny steps toward the universal common
good.
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