Today’s Readings – Sunday of Week 3 of Easter (Year C)

Commentary on Acts 5:27-32,40-41; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19

We continue to look at the experience the disciples had of the Risen Jesus. Today’s readings speak of the meaning of discipleship both in our internal attitudes and in our relating with other people. The Gospel and, to some extent, the Second Reading speak of recognising the presence of God and of Jesus in our daily life while the Second Reading also calls us to witness to our faith with consistency and courage. One flows from the other. To be a genuine disciple of Jesus, it is not enough just to be ’holy’ and to be good, but to have the courage, when the call comes, to do difficult things and perhaps even to suffer. In sharing the suffering of Jesus we also share in his glory.

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Yesterday’s Readings – Saints Philip and James, Apostles

Today we celebrate the feast of two of the Twelve Apostles—James and Philip. James is known as the ‘son of Alphaeus’, and to be honest, we know practically nothing about him beyond his name and that he was chosen to be one of the inner circle of Jesus’ disciples—the Twelve. He i … Continue