Homily: 5th Sunday of Easter - Year A (5/2017)

Readings: Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33; 1 Pet 2:4-9; Jn 14:1-12
The first deacons, "filled with spirit and wisdom" [Acts 6:3], weren't ordained to hold high office. They were ordained to do little things, in some ways the littlest of things. We're a chosen race. Chosen by God Himself we are related, not by blood, but by faith. A royal priesthood with direct access to God and the responsibility to bring others to Him as well. A holy (not a political) nation, a nation set apart and consecrated to God's service.