1 Peter 3:8-22: Salvific Suffering – Part II
Thursday, May 9, 2024
How can we celebrate our mourning?
When we spend time opening Acts 5, and when we watch and listen to Peter, we discover how we might apply The Word to our lives.
We watch the apostles slip unseen from their prison, moving through locked gates and past watchful guards.
Do we ask Christ to open doors and safeguard us? Do we trust the Spirit who calls us?
The apostles go immediately to the Temple to proclaim the wonderful news that they were able to heal in Jesus’ name, the name of the man whom they taunted a few short weeks before as he hung on the cross.
Do we share with others the Good News of Christ’s movement in our lives? Do we celebrate our small victories and rejoice in the Spirit’s healing?
We follow the apostles as they brilliantly and boldly – and in every way like Christ – reply to the Sadducees that they cannot still their tongues or cease healing. We hear them defy this wealthy group of men who collaborate with the Romans and supervise the rebuilding of the stone Temple.
Do we react with courage when others accuse us unjustly? Do we trust the Spirit to send us her wisdom and grace?
We hear the apostles as they witness to Christ when they say – as we all are called to say: Whether it is right in the sight of God, you be the judges. It is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.
Do we speak as these apostles speak? Do we listen as these apostles listen? Do we act as these apostles act?
Today we spend time with The Word as we learn how to celebrate our mourning.
Tomorrow, what do we fear . . . and why?
Image from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_of_Saint_Peter
Adapted from a Favorite written in November 10, 2007.
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