First Reading from the Book of the Acts of the Apostles Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree. This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.”
Second Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians Col 3:1-4
Brothers and sisters: If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ your life appears, then you too will appear with him in glory.
GOSPEL OF THE DAY From the Gospel according to John Jn 20:1-9
On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.
WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Easter! Today the Church’s proclamation echoes throughout the world: “Jesus Christ is risen!” – “He is truly risen!”. Like a new flame this Good News springs up in the night: the night of a world already faced with epochal challenges and now oppressed by a pandemic severely testing our whole human family. (…) This is no magic formula that makes problems vanish. No, the resurrection of Christ is not that. Instead, it is the victory of love over the root of evil, a victory that does not “by-pass” suffering and death, but passes through them, opening a path in the abyss, transforming evil into good: this is the unique hallmark of the power of God. (Urbi et Orbi Message, 12 April 2020)
FAUSTI - The Evangelist, recalling together the first and last day, alludes to the fact that we entered the day of the Lord, the fulfilment of everything in God and of God in everything. God, creating the world, had in sight the Resurrection of His Son, in which the whole universe is redeemed from death. Before the burial there was talk of the preparation of "that Sabbath, which was a solemn day", that is Easter This first day after Saturday is the eighth day: it is "Sunday". on the day of the Lord, when Saturday, Easter and Pentecost are celebrated together. In it lives the new creation, redeemed from evil and full of the Spirit. The other Gospels also remember the other women. John only mentions Mary Magdalene, making her the typical disciple. In fact, she was at the foot of the cross, under the tree where the Bridegroom woke her up. Now, after seeing him elevated, he looks for him where they have placed him. Mary expects to find the Body of Jesus there. The tomb, the fundamental memory of man, is built by the affection of those who live, for those who have died. Mary cannot understand. She runs to announce the disappearance of Jesus. Think that they have stolen Him. She has not yet understood that love overcomes death. "She comes to Simon Peter and the other disciple. Peter, who has denied, is appointed first. He is placed as the first of the disciples because he has experienced what does us disciples.. The Lord's faithfulness to our infidelity. The "other disciple" is not simply the other between two, but the other, the different. In fact, he placed his head in the womb and on the chest of Jesus, who then saw pierced. Normally he is called "the disciple whom Jesus loved". Now that he has seen Him on the cross, he is called a friend. Peter and the other run together. But this is faster... He first arrives at the tomb, as he first comes to believe and see the Risen One. In fact, the heart puts wings at the feet and at the mind. The friend, who loves as he is loved, precedes the one who is first of the disciples: the primacy is always of love The friendly disciple does not enter; he waits for Peter, as a sign of esteem for him. But he looks inside and sees the linens lying down. The linens, which enveloped the Body of Jesus, are spread out: the tomb has become the wedding bed, prepared by the Bridegroom for anyone who enters it. And all of us, sooner or later we enter. There, however, we do not encounter the dominion of death, but full Communion with the Lord of life. Death is no longer death: our absolute limit is Communion with Him who is absolute Love for us. Peter comes to the tomb following the other disciple, who had already preceded him in the house of Caiaphas. Following those who love, we are introduced into the mystery of Jesus, into His passion for us. Peter enters and sees what the other has also seen, standing outside. They also see the linen lying down and the shroud apart, wrapped in a place. The shroud is the veil of death, the blanket that covers all peoples. (Is 25:7). It was on His head, like the hem of a mantle of one who is sleeping Now that he has woken up, he has taken it off. It is not, however, with the linen lying down, but put apart, wrapped in a specific place. God is no longer there. The Glory dwells in the Body of Jesus, the new sanctuary, where God removes every veil from His and our Face. In him we see "I am" face to face. One obvious thing is not said in the text. The reader certainly feels it, as do the two disciples: from those linens emanates the scent of the hundred pounds of myrrh and aloe, mentioned shortly before in the story.
-->Seeing this, the beloved disciple believes in Jesus, Lord of life, even without having seen him. He is the prototype of those who, after him, will believe in Jesus without seeing him. through the signs told by the evangelist himself. This "other" disciple sees with the heart. Love is the principle of faith, which gives life. The connection between seeing and believing means that faith, far from being blind, is a good eye for reality.
First Reading from the Book of the Acts of the Apostles
RispondiEliminaActs 10:34a, 37-43
Peter proceeded to speak and said:
“You know what has happened all over Judea,
beginning in Galilee after the baptism
that John preached,
how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth
with the Holy Spirit and power.
He went about doing good
and healing all those oppressed by the devil,
for God was with him.
We are witnesses of all that he did
both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem.
They put him to death by hanging him on a tree.
This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible,
not to all the people, but to us,
the witnesses chosen by God in advance,
who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
He commissioned us to preach to the people
and testify that he is the one appointed by God
as judge of the living and the dead.
To him all the prophets bear witness,
that everyone who believes in him
will receive forgiveness of sins through his name.”
Second Reading from the Letter of St. Paul to the Colossians
Col 3:1-4
Brothers and sisters:
If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above,
where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
Think of what is above, not of what is on earth.
For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
When Christ your life appears,
then you too will appear with him in glory.
GOSPEL OF THE DAY
From the Gospel according to John
Jn 20:1-9
On the first day of the week,
Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.”
So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.
They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter
and arrived at the tomb first;
he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.
When Simon Peter arrived after him,
he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,
and the cloth that had covered his head,
not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.
Then the other disciple also went in,
the one who had arrived at the tomb first,
and he saw and believed.
For they did not yet understand the Scripture
that he had to rise from the dead.
WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER
RispondiEliminaDear brothers and sisters, Happy Easter! Today the Church’s proclamation echoes throughout the world: “Jesus Christ is risen!” – “He is truly risen!”. Like a new flame this Good News springs up in the night: the night of a world already faced with epochal challenges and now oppressed by a pandemic severely testing our whole human family. (…) This is no magic formula that makes problems vanish. No, the resurrection of Christ is not that. Instead, it is the victory of love over the root of evil, a victory that does not “by-pass” suffering and death, but passes through them, opening a path in the abyss, transforming evil into good: this is the unique hallmark of the power of God. (Urbi et Orbi Message, 12 April 2020)
FAUSTI - The Evangelist, recalling together the first and last day, alludes to the fact that we entered the day of the Lord, the fulfilment of everything in God and of God in everything. God, creating the world,
RispondiEliminahad in sight the Resurrection of His Son, in which the whole universe is redeemed from death.
Before the burial there was talk of the preparation of "that Sabbath, which was a solemn day", that is Easter
This first day after Saturday is the eighth day: it is "Sunday". on the day of the Lord, when Saturday, Easter and Pentecost are celebrated together.
In it lives the new creation, redeemed from evil and full of the Spirit.
The other Gospels also remember the other women. John only mentions Mary Magdalene, making her the typical disciple. In fact, she was at the foot of the cross, under the tree where the Bridegroom woke her up. Now, after seeing him elevated, he looks for him where they have placed him.
Mary expects to find the Body of Jesus there. The tomb, the fundamental memory of man, is built by the affection of those who live, for those who have died.
Mary cannot understand.
She runs to announce the disappearance of Jesus.
Think that they have stolen Him.
She has not yet understood that love overcomes death.
"She comes to Simon Peter and the other disciple.
Peter, who has denied, is appointed first. He is placed as the first of the disciples because he has experienced what does us disciples.. The Lord's faithfulness to our infidelity.
The "other disciple" is not simply the other between two, but the other, the different.
In fact, he placed his head in the womb and on the chest of Jesus, who then saw pierced.
Normally he is called "the disciple whom Jesus loved". Now that he has seen Him on the cross, he is called a friend.
Peter and the other run together. But this is faster... He first arrives at the tomb, as he first comes to believe and see the Risen One. In fact, the heart puts wings at the feet and at the mind. The friend, who loves as he is loved, precedes the one who is first of the disciples: the primacy is always of love
The friendly disciple does not enter; he waits for Peter, as a sign of esteem for him.
But he looks inside and sees the linens lying down. The linens, which enveloped the Body of Jesus, are spread out: the tomb has become the wedding bed, prepared by the Bridegroom for anyone who enters it.
And all of us, sooner or later we enter. There, however, we do not encounter the dominion of death, but full Communion with the Lord of life.
Death is no longer death: our absolute limit is Communion with Him who is absolute Love for us.
Peter comes to the tomb following the other disciple, who had already preceded him in the house of Caiaphas.
Following those who love, we are introduced into the mystery of Jesus, into His passion for us.
Peter enters and sees what the other has also seen, standing outside.
They also see the linen lying down and the shroud apart, wrapped in a place.
The shroud is the veil of death, the blanket that covers all peoples. (Is 25:7).
It was on His head, like the hem of a mantle of one who is sleeping
Now that he has woken up, he has taken it off.
It is not, however, with the linen lying down, but put apart, wrapped in a specific place.
God is no longer there.
The Glory dwells in the Body of Jesus, the new sanctuary, where God removes every veil from His and our Face.
In him we see "I am" face to face.
One obvious thing is not said in the text. The reader certainly feels it, as do the two disciples:
from those linens emanates the scent of the hundred pounds of myrrh and aloe, mentioned shortly before in the story.
-->Seeing this, the beloved disciple believes in Jesus, Lord of life, even without having seen him. He is the prototype of those who, after him, will believe in Jesus without seeing him. through the signs told by the evangelist himself.
RispondiEliminaThis "other" disciple sees with the heart.
Love is the principle of faith, which gives life.
The connection between seeing and believing means that faith, far from being blind,
is a good eye for reality.