Acts 8:1-8 / John 6:35-40
There is no doubt that life is difficult and it has its troubles.
And the difficulties can be anything from frustrations with others to serious troubles that erupt into violence between groups of people.
Even if we have faith in God, when these difficulties and troubles occur, we will question God as to why such things happen.
And if things happen for a reason, then we will surely want to know what is that reason.
In the 1st reading, a bitter persecution started against the church in Jerusalem, and Saul then worked for the total destruction of the Church.
In the face of such violence and hostility, the early Church would have asked why this was happening and why isn’t God protecting them.
But the amazing thing was that those who have escaped went from place to place preaching the Good News.
And with that began the missionary activity of the early Church.
So a crisis was turned into an opportunity, and with the grace of God, the early disciples worked miracles, and cured the sick and cast out evil spirits.
And there was even great rejoicing at the proclamation of the Good News.
And all this is possible because the early Church believed that Jesus is the Bread of life, and that He will sustain them and help them to overcome all difficulties and troubles.
We too share that same belief as the early Church, and may we also see the miracles that God will work for us when we meet with difficulties and troubles.