This Third Sunday of Easter has us hearing from St. Luke through the Acts of the Apostles in the first reading where we see that the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New Testament and that Christ preaches the call to repentance and conversion for the forgiveness of sins. The key to the reading’s message is two-fold: first, God is merciful in-and-through the death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ so that our sinfulness may be “wiped away” by our repentance and conversation; and second that an “active response” to God’s call to us is required...CLICK TO READ MORE...