IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS - One Bread, One Body, 4/16/2009

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Thursday, April 16, 2009, Easter Week

Acts 3:11-26, Psalm 8, Luke 24:35-48
Link to Readings --> http://www.usccb.org/nab/041609.shtml

IGNORANCE IS NOT BLISS

"Yet I know, my brothers, that you acted out of ignorance, just as your
leaders did." —Acts 3:17

If we do not act in accord with the fact of Jesus' resurrection, we are
acting in ignorance. If we rarely mention the risen Jesus in our
conversation, we are speaking in ignorance. If we are content to watch TV
programs which ignore the risen Christ, we are living in ignorance. Jesus'
resurrection is not just another event which we may recall periodically.

The resurrection is such great news that it overshadows all other news and
all reality. We are either preoccupied with the resurrection or ignorant
of its significance. When the apostles first met the risen Christ, they
thought they were seeing a ghost (Lk 24:37). Jesus went to great lengths
to prove He had flesh and bones (Lk 24:39ff). Jesus' resurrection must not
be for us a ghostly abstraction from antiquity, but the very flesh and
bones of our everyday life.

We should buy what we buy, work where we work, and live where we live
because of our commitment to the risen Jesus. We live a lifestyle that
makes no sense except to those who believe in Jesus' resurrection. We draw
our "life from the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead" (1 Pt 1:3).

Prayer: Father, never let me "get over" the resurrection. Prompt people to
ask me why I'm so different and happy (see 1 Pt 3:15).

Promise: "Then He opened their minds to the understanding of the
Scriptures." —Lk 24:45

Praise: Praise Jesus, Who is proclaimed as "My Lord and My God!" (Jn
20:28) "God raised Him from the dead" (Acts 3:15). Alleluia!

(For a related teaching, order our leaflet "Risen Life" or on audio AV
4A-1, AV 4A-3, AV 4B-1, AV 4B-3 or video V-4A, V-4B.)

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Rescript: In accord with the "Code of Canon Law", I hereby grant my
permission to publish "One Bread, One Body" covering the period from April
1, 2009 through May 31, 2009
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of
Cincinnati, October 3, 2008

The rescript is a declaration that a book or pamphlet is considered to be
free of doctrinal or moral error. It is not implied that those who have
granted ecclesial permission agree with the contents, opinions, or
statements expressed.

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