First Reading Acts 9:1-20
Psalm Psalm 30
Second Reading Revelation 5:11-14
Gospel John 21:1-19
“Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work.”
In the Name of God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Amen.
As we move through the Easter season, we continue to celebrate the resurrection. As Christians, we are resurrection people. It is the foundation of our faith. In our baptism, we die to self, to all the temptations and limitations of humanity, and seek to live in the life of the resurrected Christ. Yet it is easy to relegate the resurrection to an event that happened long, long ago, in a place far, far away....