Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Wednesday in Easter Week

On this Wednesday in Easter Week, we hear in the Book of Acts how the Resurrection of Jesus empowered the Apostles who, in the name of Christ, bring healing to a lame man:

One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon. And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple. When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them for alms. Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, ‘Look at us.’ And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them. But Peter said, ‘I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.’ And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong. Jumping up, he stood and began to walk, and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. All the people saw him walking and praising God, and they recognized him as the one who used to sit and ask for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. (Acts 3: 1-10).

Do you remember what Peter was like before? He had a touch of “foot in mouth disease”, and deserted Jesus when the going got tough. Look at him in Acts. He is a changed man. Peter has been transformed by the Resurrection of Jesus. When we live our lives believing in the Resurrection of Jesus, our lives are transformed as well. As Peter said, “I have no silver or gold”; he had much more, faith in the Risen Lord, a faith which changed the lives of others.

Let us pray: O God, whose blessed Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: Open the eyes of our faith, that we may behold him in all his redeeming work; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

CALENDAR REMINDERS:

Tonight at 6 p.m. we are feeding the medical students at William Temple.

S.A.S.S. is Thursday nights starting with a pot luck dinner at 6 p.m.

Mother’s Day is 8 May. Don’t forget Mom!

Please remember everyone on our prayer list.

Your servant in Christ,

Fr. Chester J. Makowski+
St. Augustine of Hippo Episcopal Church
Galveston, Texas 77550

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