Homily for 3rd Week of Easter
There’s a good chance
that if you’ve watched TV or went to the movies sometime within the last few
months, you will have seen quite a number of movie trailers
The two that stuck
out to me quite a bit, possibly because of the amount that they were played
were Batman vs Superman and Captain America: Civil War
There’s a theme that
is implied within the titles of these two big-budget superhero movies:
Those who would
normally do just about anything to protect the world, turn on each other.
One can sort of
assume that there is a difference of world-views that come up.
It is something that
we all go through – we debate differing worldviews.
But of course with
superhero movies, they do so with lots of explosions and flexing of superpowers
and gadgets.
There’s also another
theme that’s implied, but much less focused upon –
That is the theme of
forgiveness.
In order for them to
be the heroes we all admire, they must be willing to forgive each other for
wrongdoings
They have to be able
to walk down a common road in order to bring healing into their own lives, and
in the life of the world.
That’s what’s implied
in the “hero” part of superhero
My friends, this
theme of forgiveness is put on display in this episode from John’s Gospel.
