Homily for the Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter

In today's reading there was no such thing as rich or poor in the community. Each one’s aim was to ensure that the needs (not necessarily the wants) of the others were met rather than each one looking only to their own. Their material sharing was simply an expression of the care which they felt for each other at a much deeper level. Today, reflect on your own attitudes to material goods: how we acquire them, how we use them, to what extent we share our material blessings with those in genuine need and not just out of our surplus. This is something we need to reflect on as individuals, as families, and in our parish community...