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St. Luke’s Institute
Tue of 6th Easter
May 7, 2013
WOMEN & MEN
CONVERTS +++++++++++++++++++++
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Yesterday’s reading from Acts emphasized
Europe’s first women converts to following Jesus
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Today’s passage presents men, Paul and Silas, as
open to the salvation of Christ
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The reading says the men are jailed for driving
out an unclean spirit from a slave girl who told fortunes as a way of making
money for her master
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Like Lydia and the women converts in yesterday’s
reading, the jailor asks, “What must I do
to be saved?”
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Paul’s answer to the unnamed jailer is the same
answer given to Lydia and the women yesterday: “Become a believer in the Lord Jesus”
HOSPITALITY
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To be saved we too must believe in the Lord
Jesus, but question I’d like to ask today is, “What does it take on our part to bring others to the Lord?”
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For that, Lydia and the jailer have the answer
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Notice that the jailer emulates Lydia in
bringing Paul and Silas home and offering them hospitality
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And it is through hospitality, that the gospel
continues to be preached in Philippi
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Hospitality ranked high in the early Church
HOSPITALITY AND POPE
FRANCIS +++++++++++++++++
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It’s my impression that the power of hospitality
comes across real clearly in Pope Francis
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There’s his moving out of the Apostolic Palace
and into the dormitory of Santa Marta
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His celebrating daily mass in the chapel of Sta
Marta w/ workers & folks staying at the facility
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His open arms to the Orthodox and Muslims
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genuine respect for & interest in the poor
CONCLUSION +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Ø Lydia
and the women yesterday, Paul and Silas today, Pope Francis tomorrow – all show
us how hospitality can be the mark of a new Evangelization
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How might we be evaluated as hospitable
individuals whose hospitality brings others to Christ?
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