Seventh Sunday of Easter – 12th May 2024
We have celebrated the Ascension of our Lord and now our hearts and minds turn to Pentecost, the coming of the Holy Spirit.
It is not enough that Jesus goes to the Father at the Ascension. We are left orphans by the Ascension. And so, we call on the Father to send us help and strength. We ask for the Holy Spirit to come to us and to enlighten us and show us how to live in faith and in courage.
We hear in the first reading the account of the early Christians replacing Judas. There was a need, even in the early Church, for clear structures that would speak to all people about God’s presence in our world. Structures are important, no matter how much we may rebel against them at times. Structures at one level are inhuman and hurt us because they are not sensitive to us. On the other hand, none of us can live without the structures that shape our lives.