Theme: Now that Christ has risen!
For the past forty days, we have been journeying
with the Lord to Calvary. This journey was not easy. It was both a physical and
Spiritual Journey. It demanded a lot of sacrifice and penance. At the beginning
of the Holy week, there was a great tension as we began to meditate on the
passion of Christ. At the Triduum, the tension was greater when Christ entered
into his passion and death.
This tension caused despair and disappointment
among his friends. They could not believe his death nor understand why Christ
had to die with all his powers. His arrest, condemnation, passion and death
were like a dream for them. They were sure of the several times he miraculously
escaped from the wicked crowd. They could not understand why this time he had
to allow himself to be taken over so freely. They were afraid and disappointed.
They thought all about him has been forgotten for he has been defeated.
In this state of disappointment, Mary of Magdala
came to announce that Christ’s body was missing as we saw in the gospel reading
(Jn. 20:1-9). Peter and John ran to the tomb to discover the empty tomb.
With this, they were more confused for as the
gospel records, they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise
from the dead. But reading further into today’s gospel, we find the
clarification of their doubts and the clearing of their confusion that Christ
was not missing but that he had been risen.
Awakened by the joy of resurrection, Peter went
out to announce the Good News of Christ Jesus as we saw in the first reading
(Acts. 10:34,37-43). He spoke with authority and explained the mystery and
mission of Christ to his audience. The Good News he preached became the first public
post-resurrection testimony about Christ.
Beloved Brethren, today, we are also invited to
rejoice with the risen Lord and more especially, to give testimony to his
resurrection. The resurrection of Christ should be felt in our lives. We should
no longer be afraid like the apostles were before Christ’s resurrection. We can
now boldly proclaim his resurrection with our lives.
That is why the second reading (Col 3:1-4) exhorts
us to rise with Christ after dying with him by seeking what is above. The world
wants to see us resurrect from our sinfulness and from those evil things that
were part of us before now. We should not go back to the grave by doing those
things we abandoned during our Lenten observance.
In conclusion dearest brethren, let us be reminded
that our spiritual journey and striving is not yet over. We hope to share not
only in Christ’s resurrection but to have our own bodies resurrect at the last
day. Therefore, as we celebrate Easter, it is not a period to finish the
“unholy business” we stopped before lent neither is it a time to relax after
the Lenten observance. Let us live in such a way that will guarantee us to
appear with him in glory on the last day. God loves you.
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