EASTER SUNDAY OF THE LORD‘S RESURRECTION
Psalter: Proper / (White)
Ps 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23
This is the day the Lord has made; let us rejoice & be glad.
1st Reading: Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Peter then spoke to them, “Truly, I realize that God does not show partiality,
No doubt you have heard of the event that occurred throughout the whole country of the Jews, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism John preached. You know how God anointed Jesus, the Nazorean with the Holy Spirit, and power. He went about doing good, and healing all who were under the devil’s power, because God was with him; we are witnesses of all that he did throughout the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem itself. Yet, they put him to death, by hanging him on a wooden cross.
But God raised him to life on the third day, and let him manifest himself, not to all the people, but to the witnesses that were chosen beforehand by God—to us, who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from death. And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to bear witness, that he is the one appointed by God, to judge the living and the dead. All the prophets say of him, that everyone who believes in him has forgiveness of sins, through his name.”
2nd Reading: Col 3:1-4 (or 1 Cor 5:6b-8)
So then, if you are risen with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things that are above, not on earthly things. For you have died and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, reveals himself, you also will be revealed with him in glory.
Gospel: Jn 20:1-9 (or Mt 28:1-10 )
Now, on the first day after the Sabbath, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning while it was still dark, and she saw that the stone blocking the tomb had been moved away. She ran to Peter, and the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and she said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb and we don’t know where they have laid him.”
Peter then set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down and saw the linen cloths lying flat, but he did not enter.
Then Simon Peter came, following him, and entered the tomb; he, too, saw the linen cloths lying flat. The napkin, which had been around his head, was not lying flat like the other linen cloths, but lay rolled up in its place. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in; he saw and believed. Scripture clearly said that Jesus must rise from the dead, but they had not yet understood that.
REFLECTION:
Read: Emboldened Peter testifies to the truth of the Resurrection. We now share in the life of Christ–in his death and resurrection. John narrates the story of the Empty Cave–the evidence to the Resurrection of Christ.
Reflect: Can emptiness reveal fullness? The event of the Empty Cave seems to point to such a possibility. The emptiness of the cave points to the fullness of life eternal for us. Perhaps we need to create emptiness in certain areas of our lives so that fullness can result. What prevents us from doing so?
Pray: Ask God for the fruits of the Resurrection in abundance.
Act: Reach out to someone in tomblike existence and help him/her experience resurrectional energies.
Daily Reflection
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