Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 20, 1-9
On the first day of the week,
Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter
and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him,
he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head,
not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in,
the one who had arrived at the tomb first,
and he saw and believed.
For they did not yet understand the Scripture
that he had to rise from the dead.
Christ is risen!
1. At dawn. It’s very early in the morning, the moment to prepare yourself for something new. To resurrect doesn’t mean that you’ll go back to the same thing, but that you’ll live your life in a different way. To resurrect is to live your life to the fullest, having learned from what you’ve lived and having accepted that you’ve been crucified. To resurrect is to give yourself a new opportunity after facing and overcoming suffering in your family, your workplace, among your friends… It means accepting that from now on you’ll look at your life differently. To resurrect is to find what gives meaning to your life and to understand that to live is to rise up, to start again and to rekindle the desire to give yourself to others, out of love for God and for yourself, which is fulfilled in others. Not the other way around.
2. Testimony. Mary of Magdala runs to tell the disciples what she has seen; there’s something in her heart that moves her and leads her to announce. Today we need missionaries, Christians who’ll go out and announce. That’s what we Christians must do: announce, take God’s light to others. In each Eucharist we receive the strength to do so. We are not called to solve the lives of others but to share God’s light with them.
3. Risen from the dead. You have life and today your heart keeps beating because it continues to take blood to all your body. Make an effort to live, set clear goals. Be prudent in your relationships, learn to ask for forgiveness if you make mistakes, give the best of yourself, be a person of faith and encourage yourself to new things because God is with you. Today you have life, show it with your attitudes, your gestures, and your expression. Happy Easter! May the strength of the Risen Christ lead you to continue working to make your life and other people’s lives happy.
Always remember that something good is on the way!
God bless you and guard you in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
