TODAY'S WORD

By


Fr. Aloysius Santiago sdb
Rector and Parish Priest
Don Bosco Shrine
Lingarajapuram, Bangalore

Acts: 2:32 "This Jesus God raised up, and of that all of us are witnesses."


TODAY'S REFLECTION

In today’s first reading we find Peter and the other apostles preaching the gospel to the Jews in Jerusalem. 

Today’s gospel reading suggests that just as Jesus’ enemies did away with his earthly life, they also tried to do away with his risen life. 

A meeting of the religious leaders was held at which it was decided that a story would be put out to explain why the tomb was empty early on the first day of the week. 

Jesus’ disciples came during the night and stole his body from the tomb. 

Not only was Jesus crucified as a criminal but his disciples were to be labelled as body snatchers. 

However, all of these efforts to suppress the good news of Jesus’ resurrection from the dead were in vain. 

Jesus appeared to the women who had come to the tomb early with their spices. 

He went on to appear to his disciples in Galilee and, according to Saint Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians, there were many more people to whom the risen Lord appeared, some of whom were still alive at the time Paul was writing that letter twenty five years or so after Jesus’ death and resurrection. 

Those to whom the risen Lord appeared, including Paul himself, went on to preach the good news of Jesus’ life, death and resurrection to Jews and pagans alike. 

Jesus’ risen life cannot be snuffed out the way his earthly life was. Jesus’ enemies had some control over his earthly life; they had and have no control over his risen life. The Lord’s risen life is a glorious flame that no human power can extinguish. 

The risen Lord is present among us, present within us through the Holy Spirit, in season and out of season, in good times and in bad. 

He is present to us every day as light in our darkness, as strength in our weakness and as loving communion in our isolation. 


RESOLUTION

Let us resolve to proclaim this good news of the ever abiding presence of the resurrected Lord and give him thanks for making us alive this Easter Monday.

Have a week filled with the presence of the resurrected Lord.

Let's try to proclaim the lord's resurrection through our transparent life