WEEKLY REFLECTION

Today we celebrate the most important of all the Christian Feasts, the Resurrection. But this cannot be isolated from what has gone before. Actually the three great feasts are all of a piece: Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday and they should not really be seen in isolation from each other. 

Put together we call them the Pascal Mystery; and so, to be more correct, it is this that is the most important event in the Christian year. 

During these last few days we have run the whole gamut of emotions. The mixed feelings of wonder and apprehension at the Last Supper, the dreadful sadness of Good Friday, the complete emptiness of Holy Saturday and the unalloyed joy of Easter Sunday morning.

It is good to be reminded of the feelings that the disciples experienced as they followed Christ in those terrible days. They were confused and hardly any of them lasted the course, least of all St Peter.

However, we do know however that among those who remained faithful to the end and stood at the foot of the Cross were Mary, the Mother of Jesus, Mary the wife of Clopas, Mary Magdalene and St John.

The Gospel says is that Mary Magdalene arrives and discovers that the stone is rolled away but doesn’t go into the tomb. Instead she runs to get Peter and John. They, in turn, run to the tomb and John wins the race but holds back to let Peter in first. Then John goes in and, as it says, ‘he saw and he believed.’

When you go home today, think of the words, "Jesus is alive!" Think of the words, "Jesus is the Lord of all!" He is your Lord as much as He is my Lord and the Lord of all the others, those who are present and those who are not. Remember that spiritual hunger that you experienced so many times in your life, during those moments when you desired that the Lord Jesus could be so close to you and He did come close to you. You felt His warmth, His joy and His peace. Awaken your spirits so you may relive those moments, not only for a day or two, but for every day of your life until you appear before the Lord Jesus in person.

Reflections courtesy of Evengeli.net.