April 16th
Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead?Jesus rose. He rose for his sinless mother. He rose for his betraying friend, Peter. He rose for the tax collectors and sinners who believed in him, as well as for the Pharisees who rejected him, and the soldiers who killed him. His resurrection is a fact. Those who witnessed it reported what they experienced at the cost of their lives. Where is my heart in front of the fact of the Resurrection? Our hearts can and should rejoice because now it has been made abundantly clear that our salvation does not have to do with our own goodness and badness, worthiness or wretchedness, but with Jesus the Messiah, the Christ, who has claimed victory over sin, death and evil. The risen Christ invites us into life. Our hearts need only say yes. “Enter with your whole being through the door of His side into the Heart of Jesus Himself.” (St. Bonaventure) (adapted from the words of Father Richard Veras, Magnificat, April 2006) |