Monday of the 5th week of Eastertide
First reading – Acts 14:5-18
“We have come with good news to make you turn from these empty idols to the living God who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that these hold”. Also, in this verse of today, we can find out the mission of the Church. The mission of the Church is to go with the good news. The good news of the salvation brought by Jesus Christ. And the goal of this good news is to make people turn from the empty idols to the living God. The good news is that living God loves us. And in the love of the living God, we can turn from the empty idols. The empty idols are those things which we hold close to our heart but cannot give us life. Paul and Barnabas cured the man who never walked in his life. The people in Lycaonia thought that Paul and Barnabas are gods Zeus and Hermes. This happened because they did not know the living God. When we don’t know the living God, we identify anything which pleases us as God. When we don’t know the living God, we think any empty idol as living God. So, it’s important to understand the living God. Let’s reflect: Do I understand the living God or am I satisfied with empty idols that please me?
Monday 8 May
