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GOSPEL POWER - APRIL 5, 2021 - EASTER MONDAY
GOSPEL POWER - APRIL 5, 2021 - EASTER MONDAY
Gospel: Mt 28:8-15
The women left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.” While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. After the priests had assembled with the elders, they devised a plan to give a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them, “You must say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ If this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story is still told among the Jews to this day.
REFLECTION
The greatest mystery of the Christian faith — the resurrection of Jesus Christ — became the object of fake news too on the very day that the event broke into human history. The conspiracy to suppress the truth did not end with the crucifixion and burial of Jesus. Even in death, he continued to be a threat to those who rejected him as the ultimate revelation of God. Confronted by the testimony of the Roman soldiers who were eyewitnesses to the extraordinary happenings of Easter morning, the conspirators resorted to fabricating fake news and had it circulated through a huge bribe. But the empty tomb that was the basis of this fake news was not the definitive proof of the resurrection. The touchstone of the resurrection was the transformation of the weak and cowardly band of disciples into bold witnesses ready to lay down their lives for the truth of the Gospel. For Easter is the in suppressible realization of God’s intention to renew the face of the earth.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, the good news of your resurrection assures us that although fake news makes a lot of noise, it can never withstand the splendor of the truth. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER - APRIL 5, 2021 - EASTER MONDAY
Gospel: Mt 28:8-15
The women left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” And they came to him, took hold of his feet, and worshiped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.” While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. After the priests had assembled with the elders, they devised a plan to give a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them, “You must say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ If this comes to the governor’s ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story is still told among the Jews to this day.
REFLECTION
The greatest mystery of the Christian faith — the resurrection of Jesus Christ — became the object of fake news too on the very day that the event broke into human history. The conspiracy to suppress the truth did not end with the crucifixion and burial of Jesus. Even in death, he continued to be a threat to those who rejected him as the ultimate revelation of God. Confronted by the testimony of the Roman soldiers who were eyewitnesses to the extraordinary happenings of Easter morning, the conspirators resorted to fabricating fake news and had it circulated through a huge bribe. But the empty tomb that was the basis of this fake news was not the definitive proof of the resurrection. The touchstone of the resurrection was the transformation of the weak and cowardly band of disciples into bold witnesses ready to lay down their lives for the truth of the Gospel. For Easter is the in suppressible realization of God’s intention to renew the face of the earth.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, the good news of your resurrection assures us that although fake news makes a lot of noise, it can never withstand the splendor of the truth. Amen.