I - Acts. 10: 33, 37-43
II - 1Cor. 3: 1-4
III - Jh. 20: 1-9
EASTER SUNDAY
Alleluia! The tomb is empty! Jesus is risen! “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” (1Cor. 15: 55-57). When the chief priests were plotting to put away with Jesus, Caiaphas, the high priest said, “It is better for you that one man die for the people than the whole nation perish” (Jn. 11: 49-50). But it all happened the other way round that one man Jesus died on the cross to save the entire universe form sin, death and shame because he came that we may have life and life to the full (Jh. 10: 10).
Moses took the people through the red sea to reach the Promised Land. Jesus, the New Moses through his death and resurrection has created a way, a path for us towards heaven. A path secured to paradise! All we have to do is to believe in the Lord Jesus in order to be saved as the bible says, “Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved-you and your household” (Acts. 16:31). Good Fridays end with Easter, no gain without pain and no crown without a cross. Easter assures for joy, hope and peace in Christ despite the encircling darkness and despairs of the worl. Joy that Jesus is for us and so we would be victorious; hope that Jesus is with us and so we would never fail; and peace that we are save by Jesus and so we would inherit eternal life as children of God. All we have to do is to trust in Jesus. As we celebrate the victory of Jesus upon sin and death, let us ask him for the grace to hold on to him at all circumstances without giving up our hope, peace and joy. May our mind and resonate repeating: “Alleluia! Jesus is risen!”
