Business as Usual?

Hi All,
Now the disciple are left with the question: so what do we do now? Thinking there wasn't anything they could do even though Christ had revealed His resurrected self to them. So it was back to what they used to do: fishing.
But Christ surprised them by cooking breakfast for them at the lake's edge. He spoke to them and called to Peter to look after His flock. By this, Peter was told not to go back to business-as-usual but to take on the full-time occupation of spreading the Gospel and looking after people.
Likewise we, as Christians, are called to bring the Word to the world. Ours is a faith for each day of the week. Seek to show it by your words and your deeds.

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Illawarra Lutheran Parish
22nd April 2007
Easter 3

Prayer of the Day

Almighty and merciful God, you msde the disciples glad by the sight of the risen Lord. Remind us that he is always with us, and that we now share in his resurrection. For he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Todays Readings
Acts 9: 1-6
Revelation 5: 11-14
John 21: 1-19

Major and Minor Festivals This Week
25th April
St Mark
Red

St. Mark, the author of the second Gospel, was the son of Mary whose house at Jerusalem was the meeting place of Christians. He was baptized and instructed by St. Peter. In about the year 42 A.D. he came to Rome with the Prince of the Apostles. There at the request of the faithful he wrote his Gospel about the year 50 A.D. His Gospel is a record of St. Peter's preaching about Our Lord and pays special attention to the head of the Apostles. The Gospel was written for Roman Gentile converts. It rarely quotes the Old Testament, and is careful to explain Jewish customs, rites and words. It excels in portraying the emotions and affections of both Christ and His hearers. St. Mark preached in Egypt, especially in Alexandria and was martyred there by the heathen.

Thought of the Week

"The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection." - Henry Ward Beecher

Photo credit: 'Red' by Gabriel Bulla, Isla Margarita, Venezuela.