22 April 2019, Easter Tuesday
SHE KNEW HIM THEN. (John
20:11-18)
Despite the scepticism of our age, the Church insists each year that
after his death Jesus appeared alive to several women and men who were his
friends. They were astonished, shocked,
dumfounded. They could not believe it.
The women clasped his feet. Jesus was consoling his people after the terrible
trauma they had experienced. He was like
a mother comforting a child who has been hurt.
He was also confirming them on the journey they had started with him in
Galilee. What he had done they now would do and with even greater manifest
success. When Peter preached thousands were persuaded and came for
baptism. But above all Jesus was sharing
his joy with them. He had
succeeded. He had opened a way for them
to a new life they could hardly imagine. He rejoiced to do this and some of his
joy fell on them.
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