WHY ARE WE WEEPING?
(John 20:11-18)
Jesus is risen. Mary stood
weeping at the tomb without knowing that He has risen. Then the angels asked
her: woman, why are you weeping? She answered:" Because they have taken
away my Lord..."
With the resurrection of the
Lord, it is supposed to be joy, joy, joy all the way. But why are we still
weeping? This is the question. Jesus has paid the debt, but our fellow human
beings continue to make things difficult for us. Jesus has saved us, but our
society keep pushing the blessings of the Lord away from us. We have been
redeemed by the precious blood of our Lord Jesus Christ but we keep tying
ourselves to sin; greed, injustice, tribalism, immorality and fetishism.
We are not as happy as we should
be because of the evils still operating in our world and luring our people. We
are weeping because of leadership problems, because of insecurity, because of
the loss of value for life, because of corruption, because of poverty, because
of indiscipline, because of hardship, because of insincerity and dishonesty,
because of the materialism that has replaced spirituality, because of the
egoism that has replaced community spirit, because of the individualism that
has displaced the spirit of common good. For these and many more we are
weeping. These things are the real things that make it seem as if the
resurrected Christ is far removed from us. Let every crime give way for Christ
so that cry may give way to smile.
LET US PRAY
May we weep no more Oh God
Almighty Father.
May evil news give way for Good
News. May anarchy give way for peace and tranquillity. May the joy of the Lord
and the happiness of the children of God never depart from us. May You Oh God
arrest all the powers destroying our true peace and joy through Christ our
Lord. Amen
Happy Easter (Tuesday of the
Octave of Easter)
Rev Fr Julian O Ekeh
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