5th Sunday of Easter Year A By Tobe Eze

5th Sunday of Easter Year A
FIRST READING

Acts 6:1—7

SECOND READING
1 Peter 2:4—9

GOSPEL
John 14:1—12

THEME: BE KNOWN FOR DOING GOOD.

Brothers, select from among you seven reputable men, filled with the Spirit and wisdom, whom we shall appoint to this task, whereas we shall devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." From the first reading.

In the first reading, the problem of sharing food among the early Christians came up and it was tackled immediately by choosing seven deacons to help in sharing of food. They were chosen from among men, among their own brothers. In the second reading, St. Peter is trying to tell us that if we should develop and grab that identity God prepared for us. You are "a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may announce the praises" of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Agbụrụ ahọtara ahọta, ndị nchụ aja nọ na ọkwa Eze, Mba dị nsọ, ndị Chineke họtara onwe ya anyị bụ ndị isi na ọchịchịrị kpọbata n' Ihe nke gị dị ebube. In the Gospel, Jesus is telling us apostles of this age that he has many mansions for us in his father’s house. Continue Reading

All these things that are happening from the first reading to the Gospel are only for those who are known for doing good things. Peter was called when he was doing the right thing he should do by not being lazy. He was working when he was called. After the call he made himself to be trusted by our Lord by what he was doing also and he handed him over the mantle of leadership when he was leaving. The seven deacons chosen today are reputable, spirit filled men. It was because of their personalities that made them to be chosen.

The question today is, what are our personalities? When people or someone is looking for someone, can we be recommended to the person? What is identity of a good Christian?

Our identity as good Christians is to imitate these men chosen for the order of deaconate today and the apostles. It was because of their identity that they were first called Christians in Antioch. Onwero Ihe ana-achọ na siga na abụrụ anyụrụ ọkụ. There is no other thing required of us rather than living a good Christian life. Ndụ anyị tosiri ịdị iche. So that people will recommend us as the seven deacons were recommended for the work today.

Again the apostles knew that the enemy the devil wanted to use the problem of food sharing to disrupt the message of life and they with the Holy Spirit brought out solution immediately. Let us not jump into conclusions in some cases anyhow. Let us like the apostles pray to God to show us the right way to follow. When little problem comes your way, you will just reach conclusion immediately and allow your faith to fall. The apostles did not allow ordinary sharing of food to disturb the message of life. Let all those problems of ours do not bring our faith to a fall. Someone will become eldest man in his village and it will make him to lose his faith. My question is, will you live more than the years you have lived? The faith that you have been guarding judiciously since your childhood is what you will lose when you are almost on the door of death. All the apostles and the deacons chosen did not throw away their faith when they were in difficulty, rather they prayed to God and he showed them the way to follow. The Apostles and thee deacons were known for good things till death and after their death. Let us learn from them to live our lives for good. LET US BE KNOWN FOR DOING GOOD THINGS AND WE WILL DO GREATER WORKS. HAPPY SUNDAY.

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