4th SUNDAY

of

Acts 2: 14a; 36-41

I Pet. 2:20-25
John 10:1-10 Cycle A

7 May 2017
 INTRODUCTION:
On this Good Shepherd
Sunday, the first Reading is
from Acts which tells the story of
a band of brothers and sisters so
excited of being Jesus followers
who went to so many parts of the
world, planting the seed of the
faith and going to their death in
the process.
INTRODUCTION: The passage is
one of Peter's
great sermons --
a good example of
great kerygmatic
preaching!
1 "Peter stood up with the
eleven" (Tumayo si
Pedro at ang labing-
isang apostol)

-- All legitimate Christian preaching

is always apostolic, meaning rooted
on the Apostles, the first intimate
followers of Jesus.
1

Bishops are called

in the Catechism
"successors of the Apostles."
Every priest
and deacon gets his authority
to minister from a bishop.
1
The Church wants to assure by this that
what a priest preaches and does is rooted
in one who knew Jesus personally.
2 "Let the whole Israel know for certain that
God has made this Jesus whom you
crucified both Lord and Christ."
(Dapat malaman ng buong Israel na itong
si Hesus na ipinako ninyo sa Krus Siya
ang ginawa ng Diyos na Panginoon at
Kristo.)
Note the strength and confidence in the
preacher's statement! A good preaching
exudes certainty of ones conviction.
2
Peter calls Jesus Xristos or

meaning anointed as David, thus a new David,

the fulfillment of the expectations of Israel.
2
Peter also calls Jesus as Kyrios
or Lord which has a Jewish
meaning Adonai or Jahweh, God
but has also a Roman connotation
because Caesar the Emperor was
called Lord. This statement is so
edgy and revolutionary because he
meant Jesus is the Lord,
not Caesar.
2

Peter is not tickling the ears

of his audience. He names
the sinful reaction of his
audience to Jesus' Lordship.
2

That is why his audience

were "cut to the heart."
(nabagabag ang
kanilang kalooban.)
Good preaching cuts to
the heart, not abstract
moralizing.
2 So now they ask "What are we to do?"
(Anong gagawin namin?)

He answers "Repent! Be baptized! Save

yourselves from this perverse
generation." (Pagsisihan ninyot talikdan
ang inyong mga kasalanan at
magpabinyag kayo sa pangalan ni
Hesukristo upang kayoy patawarin
Lumayo kayo sa masamang lahing ito
upang kayoy maligtas.)
2

always calls to
conversion
and
contrition.
2
Finally, "about 3000
were added to their
number." (at nadagdag
sa kanila ang may
tatlung libong tao.)
2
Without being obsessed at
numbers, good preaching is
meant to draw people to the
Church. When 50% stay away
from Church, that is not a
good indication of our
preaching!
3
This Sunday is also

What do we pray today?

3

Not only that there be more

priests and Religious sisters
and brothers because they
don't have to go job hunting.
3
More than anything else
that they become
preachers who give really
good news, and not their
doubts and difficulties,
much less make their
preaching like talk shows
and joke time!
 CONCLUSION:

Take time to stay with this

passage this week and learn a lot
about kerygmatic preaching
and at the same time what
makes us Christians!

+AR