Third Week Easter Weekday Friday
Acts 9: 1-20
John 6: 52-59
All Scholl Mass
Put up the Optical Illusions
- Elephant – How many legs are on this elephant?
- Duck/Rabbit – What do you see?
Things are not always what they seem to be.
In our first reading, we heard about Saul, who is not who they thought he was as he, on his way to persecute Christians, was struck down and made blind. God tells Ananias that Saul is no longer who you think he is. God tells Ananias to lay his hands on Saul and bring him to the Christian community. When Ananias does this, Saul’s blindness goes away, and he is healed from his physical blindness. He was brought to the Christian community and became a great leader.
In our Gospel, Jesus is more than what the people think he is as he tells them, “Unless you eat of my flesh and drink of my blood, you will not have life within you.
Things are not always what they seem to be in our lives, as simple bread and wine will be blessed and transformed in the presence of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ.
God does this because when things are not what they seem in our lives, God brings healing. When we are feeling down or discouraged, God is bringing his healing. When we feel lost, God will help us be found. When we have sinned and strayed from God, he will bring his forgiveness. When things don’t seem right in our lives, God is there to save us.
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