Sunday 28 April

Second Sunday of Easter

Acts 5:12-16; Psalm 118; Apocalypse 1:9-13, 17-19; John 20:19-31

He breathed on them

There can be times when it is difficult to admit that we are Catholic, moments when we are hesitant to share what has come to be so important for us and often so personal. When the media seems quick to judge, or a friend becomes Church-cynical in conversation, or I am spiritual but not religious, take a breath and breathe in the words of Jesus, the very breath of God for us in this moment. How can we go on being people of peace? Lord, in times of fear and when we are closing down, help us to breathe you, and so see again.