Eucharistic Readings for the 5th Sunday of Easter: Year A
Acts 7:55-60 Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16 1 Peter 2:2-10 John 14:1-14
“In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.” (John 14:2 – 3)
There are few things that can compare with a well thought-out plan. One of the lessons I am still learning is to have a place for things before I get them. It is really upsetting to order and have delivered a new gym apparatus and no where to put it in an already crowded garage. I’ve gotten to the point that when I am asked to move something for someone, I ask where do you want me to move it to? If there is something already occupying that space, then the question becomes, where does that item then go? and on and on.
For our eternal home, this work has already been done by our Lord Jesus. Jesus says he has gone to prepare a place for us. This preparing that Jesus speaks of may even be to “create” a space for us. The good news is that there is a space, a dwelling for us. You have heard that there should be a place for everything, and everything in its place, right? We are co-creating a space in our eternal home right now as we go about believing in, and following out Lord Jesus.
In what I call my “man-cave” upstairs are many photos, plaques, and memorabilia I have collected over the years. It’s not much, it’s just me. Jesus is decorating a room for me with the good works I have done, and hopefully, will do as I await his call to my eternal home. How about you my friend? What personal souvenirs or memorabilia is our Lord Jesus preparing your space with? The good news is, if you are reading this you still have time to forward some good works (or fruit of the spirit) to our Lord Jesus as he prepares your space. For as he says, “If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also” Let me be clear, this is not “works righteousness,” but rather, “living the dream.”
You can hear this homily at https://youtu.be/MhPDnoA_rE4
Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers of the world!
Let us hear what the Spirit is saying to and through the saints of God and then ponder anew what the Almighty can do. John
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