Angel Diaz Homiletics III Spring 2014 Instructor - Fr.

Warren Savage
Deanery Penitential Service (n 20:19-31!
"oo# evening $rot%ers an# sisters. I&m %ere 'ust to tell (ou t%e trut%. In todays Gospel
even with closed doors Jess co!es in the !iddle o" the! and says Peace #e pon yo$
God%s in"inite !ercy and "or&iveness !oves s past or sins and trans&ressions to #rea'
away "ro! the dar'ness o" a li"e loc'ed away in "ear to love or #rothers as he loves s$
(oday%s Gospel re!inds !e o" when !y cosins and I were &rowin& p$ )r parents had
told s not to &o to a particlar hill ne*t to or &randparents "ar!$ +e li'e &oin& over to
the hill #ecase we had a lot o" "n slidin& down on card#oard all the way to the #otto!$
(he reason or parents did not want s there was #ecase there was a #ar#wire "ence at
the #otto! and it was dan&eros$ ,t #ein& 'ids we did not listen and went$ +e sled
down a #nch o" ti!es and It only too' once or twice "or s to &et ca&ht p on the
#ar#wire$ -s we are wal'in& #ac' we are tryin& to contain or pain #ecase we didn%t
want or parents to 'now where we have #een$ +e were terri"ied o" what they wold do
i" they "ond ot what we had done and what had happened to s$ .ven when we too' a
shower to clean p or wonds hrt$ -t the end or parents "ond ot$ (hey pro#a#ly
heard s cryin& or !oanin& "ro! or pain and we ca!e clean and told the!$ (o or
srprise they /st too' care o" or wonds and with &reat care they healed s and then
we were at peace$
(oday%s Gospel Jess co!es in where the apostles were even when the doors were
loc'ed and they were in "ear and say 0Peace #e with yo1$ God sends his love thro&h
his Son to #rin& s peace$ +hen we &o to the con"essional today do not #e a"raid$ I
assre yo there won%t #e any #ar#wire$ Jst the tender love o" God%s !ercy ready to
heal yor wonds and #rin& yo 2is Peace$