Title: Meditation: Saturday, April 6, 2002
The Catholic Calendar for Saturday, April 6, 2002
Saturday in the Octave of Easter
Scripture from today's Liturgy of the Word:
Acts 4:13-21
Psalm 118:1,14-21
Mark 16:9-15
A Reflection on Today's Scripture:
Then they recognized them as having been with Jesus. (Acts 4:13)
There's an old catchphrase in many fundamentalist circles, one that
we should look at carefully: "If you were accused of being a
Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you?"
Woefully, in our society, for many there are not. Many claim to be
Christian, motivated by Christian charity, and they are really
ravening wolves. They shamelessly feed on the people around them.
Others claim to be Christian and have hearts so hard that even stones
could not make an impression on them.
But of these early Christians, there can be no doubt. When the
reading from Acts tells us that these men were recognized, we must
believe that it was not merely human recognition, but recognition of
the spirit within them. They were "recognized" by the evidence of
their lives.
Let them be an example to us. Let us all pray that the bounty of
Christ's love poured out in His blood be recognized in all of us!
O Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee.
- JuandelaCruz, T.O.Carm ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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