Weeping & Seeking
ACTS 2:36-41; PSALM 33; JOHN 20:11-18
Peter preached to the people saying; “You must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus”. We are told that 3000 persons were converted to Christianity that very day. The Church grows by preaching and conversion. Today we have too many preachers yet converts are scare. What is the content of our sermons? We need to rise to the truth and demands of our faith. Again, in today’s gospel Mary Magdalene was asked two questions, “Why are you weeping?” and “Whom are you seeking?” Beloved, think about these questions. If through our tears, we seek the risen Savior honestly, diligently, personally and obediently, he will turn our sorrows into hope. To we weep and seek is to groan earnestly for God, it is the search of the soul and the body not one. Your body is longing and your soul is thirsting (Ps. 63:1). Beloved, weep for the right reason, seek Jesus for the right reason and like Mary Magdalene make him known.
*LET US PRAY*
O God, who have bestowed on us paschal remedies, endow your people with heavenly gifts, so that, possessed of perfect freedom, they may rejoice in heaven over what gladdens them now on earth. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai
