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Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship Homily Notes, April 17, 2016
Faithful Citizenship Homily Notes, April 17, 2016
Fourth Sunday of Easter
"Forming Our Consciences"
- Have you ever had the experience of being frustrated that someone just can’t seem to “hear” what you are saying?
- Have you ever been on the other end—perhaps realizing, only after it was too late, that someone had been trying to tell you something that you simply were not able to hear?
- As humans, there can be physical, psychological, emotional, and other barriers that prevent people from truly hearing one another. How, then, can Jesus expect us to hear his voice, when we sometimes can’t even hear other people?
- In today’s readings, we see examples of those who do hear and follow Jesus’s voice, and those who do not. Yet, Jesus calls all of us to hear and follow. How can we prepare our hearts and minds to be followers who hear?