{"id":10593,"date":"2024-04-13T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-13T13:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/?p=10593"},"modified":"2024-04-12T17:15:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T21:15:43","slug":"third-sunday-of-easter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/2024\/04\/13\/third-sunday-of-easter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Sunday of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"

By the Faithful Disciple<\/em><\/p>\n

GROW AS A DISCIPLE<\/strong>
\nIt\u2019s only been two weeks since Easter, but already the holiday can seem like another item checked off our to-do lists. It\u2019s easy to get complacent as we go about our busy lives \u2013 marking celebrations, important dates and gatherings on the calendar. Today\u2019s readings remind us that the Resurrection is not just a story or a metaphor about something ordinary that happened more than 2,000 years ago. It was so different and so shocking that it trembled the very earth, and nothing has been the same since! Luke describes the confusion the disciples felt when they first saw Jesus in his resurrected body. Here was their Lord and teacher, back from the dead, but not as a ghost or spirit as they might have expected: He was just as real as before. He was eating, speaking, touching, and interacting. And yet he was different. He could arrive in a locked room without using the door, pass among people unnoticed (as on the way to Emmaus), and give gifts of wisdom and insight directly to the disciples. Today\u2019s Gospel offers Jesus\u2019 explanation that these things were done to fulfill the promises God made to the
\nprophets.<\/p>\n

GO EVANGELIZE<\/strong>
\nThe fulfillment of God\u2019s promises in Jesus, and his death and resurrection, was not meant to benefit only a few people. We, as his disciples, must spread the Good News that sin and death don\u2019t have the last word. St. Peter gives us an inspiring example today when he speaks to the people. Look at how different he is from the man who denied Jesus three times! He boldly goes into the crowd \u2013 the same crowd that condemned Jesus to death \u2013 and preaches on what a gift we all have been given by Jesus\u2019 sacrifice. Peter knows, and we know, that Jesus\u2019 defeat of death means everything. We are freely offered salvation through Christ\u2019s saving action. Like the members of that crowd, we\u2019re invited to be witnesses to this great act of love, and to re-align our lives with God\u2019s will. Like Peter, we can speak the Good News without fear.<\/p>\n

ACCOMPANY<\/strong>
\nHow can we imitate Christ in the way he reached out to his disciples who were wracked with fear and doubt? Perhaps we know somebody who feels trapped by sin, or unworthy of good things, or a constant failure. Let\u2019s be honest, sometimes that person is us! We all need encouragement and accompaniment from time to time. Find a way to be that encouragement for someone this week who\u2019s having a tough time. You don\u2019t have to fix their problems; just listen, let them know you care, and offer a sincere and hopeful encouragement that brighter days lie ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By the Faithful Disciple GROW AS A DISCIPLE It\u2019s only been two weeks since Easter, but already the holiday can seem like another item checked off our to-do lists. It\u2019s easy to get complacent as we go about our busy lives \u2013 marking celebrations, important dates and gatherings on the calendar. Today\u2019s readings remind us…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10594,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-parish","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10593"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10595,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10593\/revisions\/10595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgenevieve-stmaurice.org\/parish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}