AND THERE, COMING TO THEM, WAS JESUS

PRAYER PAUSE

Easter Monday, 17 April 2017

AND THERE, COMING TO THEM, WAS JESUS

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Filled with awe and great joy the women came quickly away from the tomb and ran to tell the disciples. And there, coming to meet them, was Jesus.”  (Matthew  28:8-15).  

Reflection. Jesus did not say, “It is finished” at the resurrection but on the cross. He achieved everything he had set out to do with his death. But, as our first reading from the Acts (2:22-32) says, “it was impossible for death to hold him in its power.” The resurrection is the underlining of victory. We are on the winning side. It is impossible for us to fail – unless, of course, we no longer walk with Jesus. But if we welcome the one who “comes to meet us” every day we cannot fail, even if appearances say otherwise. This is our joy in these days of Easter. God is completing the work he began at creation, which we read about in the Easter vigil. There is no way he will fail. “All will be well.”

Prayer. Lord, fill us with hope and joy in you at this Easter time that we may joyfully fulfil all that we still have to do.  Amen.