The Name Jesus is the only Name by which we are saved

The Name Jesus is the only Name by which we are saved

By REV. FR. SAMUEL FREDERICK

Acts 4:1-12, Jn 21:1-14. The disciples returned to their occupation as fishermen, as reported in today’s Gospel. Some years earlier Jesus had called them away from this profession, inviting them to follow Him and to share in His work of drawing people into God’s Kingdom. However, now that Jesus had been crucified, there was nothing for them to do but go back to what they knew best. Seeing no way forward they would return to their past. Like the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, they were heading to the wrong direction. Instead of heading back to where they had been before, they were redirected. The risen Lord now stood on the shore of the Lake of Galilee to renew the call He had made to them by the lakeshore some years earlier.

First Jesus established communion with them, the communion they had broken by abandoning Him in the hour of His passion and death. He did so by the simple invitation, “Come and have breakfast.” We are often tempted to go back to where we have been, even if it is only in our memories. Yet, the Lord is always calling us forward. Even when we have failed Him in various ways, He continues to call us to begin afresh and to cast our net in a different direction. Our relationship with the Lord always has a future that is full of hope. Easter is a season when we are invited to recognize the Lord on the shore of our lives calling out to us to follow where He is leading us. As Peter enjoins in the first reading, we must be witnesses of Christ and of the truth.

May God our Father, creator of unfailing light, give us that same light and our lips praise Him, our lives proclaim His goodness, our work give Him honour and our voices celebrate Him forever! Amen!! Good morning, peace be with you!!!

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