Important notes for constructing homilies for the Fifth Sunday of Easter

The Fifth Sunday of Easter has a central focus on death and rebirth. The death part is fairly easy, since the Acts story of Stephen’s stoning ends with the words “he died.” In Psalm 31, it is not hard to recall how Jesus said, “Into your hands I commend my spirit” (Luke 23:46) when he died. That was Jesus quoting Psalm 31:5. Similarly Stephen, we are told, “prayed, Lord Jesus receive my spirit” not long before he died. So, death is not hard to grasp on this Sunday in the Easter season.

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