Second Sunday of Easter (B) - For the Ride Home

•With great power the apostles bore witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great favor was accorded them all. (Acts 4:33)
•My strength and my courage is the LORD, and he has been my savior. (Psalm 118:14)
•Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? (1 John 5:5)
•As the Father has sent me, so I send you. (John 20:21b)

•What is your mission in the world?
•What is the source of your strength in the world?
•How do you conquer the world? Who has shown the way?
•How do you proclaim Jesus raised from the dead?

This is crucial: we must be converted—and we must continue to be converted! We must let the Holy Spirit change our lives! We must respond to Jesus Christ. And we must be open to the transforming power of the Holy Spirit who will continue to convert us if we follow Jesus Christ.

The fruits of evangelization are changed lives and a changed world—holiness and justice, spirituality and peace. The validity of our having accepted the Gospel does not only come from what we feel or what we know; it comes also from the way we serve others, especially the poorest, the most marginal, the most hurting, the most defenseless and the least loved.¹

¹Go and Make Disciples: A National Plan and strategy for Catholic Evangelization in the United States, United States Catholic Conference of Bishops, 2002, par. 14, 18.

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