Both
today and yesterday, we have heard readings from the 13th chapter of
the Acts of the Apostles, in which Paul is in in Antioch, addressing the people
in the synagogue there about the Good News of Jesus, the message that he
brought to the world as the word of salvation. For them, their faith in Jesus, his
proclamation of God’s kingdom, his death and resurrection, propel their work of
Evangelization and their new life in the values of the Gospel. Every
Easter season, when we hear the story of the founding of the Early Church and
in the way in which they lived out their faith, we are called to be inspired by
their zeal and energy. Everyone remembers that the Second Vatican Council called us to modernize the
Church and to read the signs of the times of the modern world. But
the Second Vatican Council also called us to harken back to the traditions and
teachings of the Early Church, to see our roots and our foundation as a
community of believers in what they believed and in what they practiced. Let
us never forget Paul and that original group that founded the Early
Church. Let us never forget the Mothers
and Fathers of the Early Church who passed down the faith to us. Let
us forever follow in their footsteps.
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