Daily HOMILY for May 28, 2014: Wednesday of the 6th Week of Easter

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Wednesday 6^th Week of Easter

St. Luke’s Institute

May 28, 2014

A GOOD MYSTERY +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ø  End of many TV mystery shows, story line wrapped up by showing viewers what really happened

Ø  We get to see in flashbacks actual details & re-enactments of “whodunit”

Ø  These explanations are necessary for a lot of us who have been scratching our heads all along, wondering who the perpetrator was

Ø  We usually see scene of crime & the gruesome results, but are left to guessing many of the details

Ø  What did victim mean when he said such & such

Ø  What could that earlier close-up of a key or a gravestone have to do with the story?

JESUS’ MYSTERY +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ø  In many ways, Jesus’ actions were nothing but a marvel to his followers

Ø  And his words were an absolute mystery

Ø  In today’s Gospel, knowing that his passion and death are soon to come, Jesus begins to unravel some of the mystery to his disciples

Ø  Declares that there R mysterious things yet 2 come

Ø  This is not a reference so much to new predictions about the future, but rather interpretations of what already has occurred or has been said

Ø  Other words, “end of the show” is near and they will soon get that recap – the practical explanation of what really happened & what is means

THE SPIRIT “TELLS ALL” +++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ø  Indeed, says Jesus, it is the Holy Spirit who will be with us now, guiding us to all truth

Ø  We, thru R annual reenactments of life, death, & resurrection of J, witness many times mystery of Christ unraveling

Ø  Oftentimes we look to our own logic for explanations

Ø  We look to what happened both prior to the crime (Christ’s death) and at the scene of the crime

Ø  But it is only the all-knowing Narrator of the mystery (God the Holy Spirit) who helps us understand more fully the incredible story of how we are being saved

CONCLUSION +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Ø  It is Christ’s life and our lives – “after the crime” – that matter now

Ø  Though it’s not the end of the show, we’re already beginning to understand the mystery!

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