The mutual delight - the Lord and the people

WORD 2day: 6th Monday of Easter

May 26, 2025: Acts 16: 11-15; John 15:26 - 16:4a

The Christian faith had already taken root in that short time and it is beginning to take wings as we see! Spreading far and wide, the faith in Christ was not merely an intellectual assent to some truths the apostles were sharing, but it was a dedication of their concrete lives. We have two different examples of that in the Word today.

The first is that of Lydia, who finds her new found faith impelling her to sustain the proclaimers of the Word. She would take no refusal, about she hosting the apostles in her home, says the first reading. She was delighted in the Lord! The second is about the Apostles, who were moving from one place to another without any lag or slackening because they were so delighted in the new apostolate entrusted to them. Looking at these sorts of His children, the Lord was taking delight in his people says the responsorial psalm!

This is what Christian faith is all about: the delight that the Lord has in each of us and the delight we manifest in having the Lord as our God! That Mutual Delight, of the Lord and the Lord's people turns into a tremendous testimony to the World. There are many in the world who are disturbed in their mind and in their heart, there are others who are questioning and looking at everything with suspicion or disdain. The Lord opens hearts to believe in the Salvation that is promised us, and if we dispose ourselves we shall delight in the Lord, and above all, the Lord shall delight in us!