Acts 8:1-8 / John 6:35-40
It is said that genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration (Thomas Edison)
It means that a person achieves great things primarily through hard work rather than creative ideas.
That can also be said when it comes to understanding God’s plans, as the early Church in the 1st reading showed us.
A bitter persecution against the Church started after the martyrdom of Stephen, and the believers fled and were scattered all over the place.
But as they went from to place to place, they kept the faith and they preached the Good News.
And in some places like the Samaritan town that Philip went to, they welcomed the Good News.
And there was also deliverance and healing and there was great rejoicing.
So out of tribulation and perspiration, there was revelation and inspiration.
The early believers kept the faith and they were strengthened by Jesus, their Bread of Life.
As we partake of the Bread of Life, Jesus will reveal God’s plan for us and we will get the inspiration to keep proclaiming the Good News.