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HOMILIES

18. Homily - Sunday, May 17, 2020

Sixth Sunday of Easter – Year A (bilingual homily)

What has God done in your soul?

What has God done in your soul since the start of the pandemic?

Because whether you recognize it or not, he has done something in it. God has been with you
throughout and He remains with you.

In a mysterious way, this pandemic, from the perspective of the Christian liturgy, coincides
with Lent and Easter—a time of conversion, of renewal of faith, of greater openness to Jesus
Christ. This pandemic has seen difficult times and hardships, but it has also been a time of
coming closer to Jesus Christ, a time during which we have learned to become more attached
to Jesus Christ.

You may have received testimonials via Zoom, email, and telephone, from people who,
throughout the pandemic, have become more rooted in their faith. Perhaps also from those
for whom the life of prayer has become more deeply integrated into their daily lives. Fruits
have been borne from this pandemic for all believers.

Now, by discovering or rediscovering that God is present in our life, by rediscovering the
activity of Jesus Christ in us, how should we respond?

One answer is to want to love the Lord more. But another possible answer, too, a natural
answer, is to want to make known the One who takes care of us. When we seek a doctor to
take care of us, when we become afflicted with sickness, and a doctor has healed us, then, if
we meet someone who has the same illness, we will tell them about this doctor who helped us
so much.

Jesus Christ is just such a doctor: the doctor of souls. Discovering to what extent Jesus Christ
takes care of our souls also fills us with the desire to make the name of Jesus Christ known, to
bear witness to His salvation.

A verse from today’s psalm, the Psalmist says: “I will tell the Lord the good that you have done
in my soul.”

Witness the good that God does in us, through us. And since we exist in body and soul, it testi-
fies to the good He does in our personal life—our bodies, our souls, our flesh.

(cont’d)

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