Tuesday 14th April 2020
OCTAVE OF EASTER
Acts 2:36-41, John 20:11-18
There are some people in our
lives who have been very remarkably involved in our lives or we have had an
experience of them and thus we never forget their influence in our lives. We
love these people and are ready to do anything possible to help them. This was
the kind of experience Mary Magdalene had of Jesus. In Luke 8:2, we are
reminded that Jesus freed Mary Magdalene of 7 demons. From that moment onwards,
she began to show her love for Jesus. This love she showed by washing and
anointing his feet and wiping it with her hair. Even when Jesus had been
buried, we see her in the gospel reading of today, crying at the tomb of Jesus.
She loved Jesus even in death that she came to anoint the dead body of
Jesus only to discover that the body was
no longer there.
Peter in the first reading, also
showed his love for Jesus by preaching his resurrection and converting over
3,000 people.
I don't need to ask whether you
love God and have something to be thankful for even in the midst of this
Covid-19 pandemic; the question is how you are showing it to your family,
friends and neighbours. God help us. Amen.
Fr Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie MSP
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