SATURDAY 8TH MAY 2021
FIFTH WEEK OF EASTER
Acts 16:1-10
John 15:18-21
GOD IS WITH US ON THE JOURNEY
Every human person in one way or the other experiences some form of persecution. It is even worse when you are doing what is right. When you seem to be the one standing on the way of those whose ways are questionable, be ready to be persecuted. This is why Jesus tells us in the gospel reading of today, that if you have not started experiencing tough times especially with the godless, it means that you have not started living a life worthy of your calling as a Christian. Jesus was hated and persecuted not for doing evil, but for doing good. He was practically hated for doing nothing. He therefore assures us not to get discouraged when the world hates us. This is because the world hated him who is our master also. If Jesus our master could be humiliated, who are we his servants to resist persecution?
This is very clear in the minds of Paul and Barnabas as they continued to undergo persecution in their missionary works. What Jesus needs from us is to endure our persecution with trust in him, because we are not alone on the journey. Jesus is journeying with us.
Fr Michael Osatofoh Eninlejie, MSP
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