Here is Fr. Sostenes Vieira’s Latest English Language Homily.<\/p>\n
Fr. Vieira is a priest ordained for the New Song Can\u00e7\u00e3o Nova Community of Brazil.<\/p>\n
God makes us free<\/p>\n
I don\u00b4t know if some day you felt as you were a prisoner, for example when you were a child in your home or even as an adult, in a car, during some flood or storm, you could remenber the anguish, the agony, the affliction; if we could remeMber this, certainly we can remenber when someone made us free. The time passed and nowadays others chains or jails want to imprison us, but another will make us free.<\/p>\n
It\u00b4s true, the Apostles were in a \u201cpublic jail\u201d, probably they weren\u00b4t in quietness, surely they could be feeling as a child when he hears the roar of the thunder. Maybe like a father who must defend his house and his family, but sees the storm coming and feels himself useless, because he can\u00b4t do anything to save the your house. But our God wanted to make them free. So \u201cduring the night, the angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison\u201d, they were physically free, but not yet in their feelings, so the Angel said: \u201cGo and take your place in the temple area, and tell the people everything about this life.\u201d They needed some \u201cpush\u201d, because there are other prisons besides that from jails. The \u201chigh priest\u201d and \u201cparty of the Sadducees\u201d were in this other prison, exactly because they were \u201cfilled with jealousy\u201d.<\/p>\n
God listened to the cry we prayed: \u201cThe Lord hears the cry of the poor\u201d (our Psalm 34);God listened to their voices and made them free. \u201cI sought the LORD, and he answered me
\nand delivered me from all my fears.\u201d But God didn\u00b4t want to make free them, only, but all the world: \u201cFor God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.\u201d He didn\u00b4t come to put anyone in a prison, but He remains with us making us free. What are the sort of things putting us in a prison today? \u201cwicked things\u201d? Sins? Vices? People? Places? \u201cdarkness\u201d? Jesus said: \u201cTruly, I say to you, whoever commits sin is a slave\u201d (Jn 8,34), dont\u00b4want to be a slave.<\/p>\n
Jesus Christ is our liberator, He is the that God made for us, and through Him, only Him, we\u00b4ll be indeed free, we will hide under his wings, and soar with Him, to fly to freedom. No fear, you can rest in Him. Remain in Him and you will be free.Nothing could make you a slave again, no matter the jail inside or outside, have be sure God made us free through his only-begotten Son, and the name of the liberty is: Jesus Christ<\/p>\n
Fr. S\u00f3stenes Vieira
\nCommunity Can\u00e7\u00e3o Nova<\/p>\n
[April 22, 2009 – Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter, Acts 5: 17-26; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5; Jn 3:16-21]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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