Opportunely this month of April began fairly with the Palm Sunday when we celebrate the triumphant entrance of Jesus in Jerusalem. Jesus is coming from Bethany, where he revived Lazarus, who was dead for four days. You know very well how this entrance happened: very simple, because it was the people that improvised in their way, receives him with their branches in the hands and putting your garments in the ground where He passes, gotten on a simple little donkey.

But, on the other hand, a triumphant entrance because the expressions that the simple people uses to acclaim-him, show that they recognize him and proclaim him like the Messiah, so long to have expected. It was that that exasperated the spirit of the leaders of the people. Especially when He overturned the tables of the money changers, and the stools of those who sold pigeons. The fact is that this celebration happens exactly on the first day of the month indicates us that Jesus wants to enter in this Holy time privileged of Easter’s week, time of Resurrection, in each one of our houses.

He wants to enter in your house. He is not going to invade. It is necessary that you give free entrance to Jesus. Invite him to enter and realize all the work that has to be done. He will come to purify your house as he did in the Temple and to revive like he did in his home in Bethany. What I recommend is that you anticipate Jesus action. Probably, with the elapse of the time, your house was being cramming with so much unseemly and harmful thing that it was disfiguring as House of God.

Without fear and courageously, withdraws books, magazines, charts, large posters, calendars, CD' s, videos, DVD' s, objects, everything that you see and inspires you to contradict with your house, which is a House of God. Especially if you are a parent of the house, if you live in your private house, do that with skill, but with the authority that fits you. If you don’t have this authority and sees that is not the moment to do it in the whole house, do it in your room, in your office or studies places, in your personal place.

Throw away, burn, and destroy! Do a true cleaning. Do everything praying. I don’t think that it’s going to be difficult for you to obtain holy water. After cleaned, uses the holy water in all of the nooks. Have the certainty: more than you, Jesus even is going to do the purification of your house. You will soon notice the results. Boldness. If in your house and in your family someone is like Lazarus, that needs "resurrection", even though if that person is you, now is the time of the grace and of the salvation: it’s Holy Week, it’s Easter, and it’s the Time of the Resurrection.

Give free entrance to Jesus; invite him to enter in your house and in your life. He even said: "I am the resurrection and the life". The Revived wants to enter and remain with you and in your house. He wants to lead resurrection! This is how I wish you a Happy Easter.

Padre Jonas Abib
Founder of Canção Nova Community