"Do not forget what you saw on the first Easter, holy women. Life goes on. Jesus will continue to make his presence known to you and to his friends. You will once again, walk and talk in his presence. But, he will soon ascend into heaven to leave you to proclaim the message he came to give you. You must remember, because there will be difficult times ahead, sometimes great suffering, and you won't be able to withstand all of that if you do not remember this day."
That's what I would like to say to the women who arrived at the tomb, if I had been a passerby. I know that very often I need to remind myself of the same truth. It is easy to believe in the resurrection after the suffering passes and his consoling presence is with us again. It is very difficult for me to keep this in the forefront of my heart, my soul and my mind when suffering revisits me, as it revisited the women, the apostles and the disciples who were martyred for him.
So my reflection today is quite simple. I pray for the grace to always hold the Gift of the Resurrection uppermost in my consciousness. I want to live out of the hope and joy that I know when I remember that I am never alone because he is truly risen, never to die again! I want to remember that nothing in my life, not even terrible tragedy, illness or death, can ever separate me from the love that pours forth upon me from Christ, who is risen. So, no matter where you or I am in our lives right now, dear reader, we have cause for a joy inside that the world just can't take away. He is with us. He will help us. And one day, after we too rise, we will be with him again. ALLELUIA!
That's what I would like to say to the women who arrived at the tomb, if I had been a passerby. I know that very often I need to remind myself of the same truth. It is easy to believe in the resurrection after the suffering passes and his consoling presence is with us again. It is very difficult for me to keep this in the forefront of my heart, my soul and my mind when suffering revisits me, as it revisited the women, the apostles and the disciples who were martyred for him.
So my reflection today is quite simple. I pray for the grace to always hold the Gift of the Resurrection uppermost in my consciousness. I want to live out of the hope and joy that I know when I remember that I am never alone because he is truly risen, never to die again! I want to remember that nothing in my life, not even terrible tragedy, illness or death, can ever separate me from the love that pours forth upon me from Christ, who is risen. So, no matter where you or I am in our lives right now, dear reader, we have cause for a joy inside that the world just can't take away. He is with us. He will help us. And one day, after we too rise, we will be with him again. ALLELUIA!
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