Acts10:34,37-43:
Col. 3:1-4
John 20:1-9
WITH CHRIST’S RESURRECTION, WE GAIN ETERNAL LIFE
The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the heart of our faith. As St. Paul tells us in 1 Corinthians 15:17 has Christ has not been raised from the dead then our faith is futile. If you look at what happened after Christ rose from the dead that Easter morning.
Mary of Magdala encountered Jesus, the women encountered the angel. This happened before his disciples started hearing that He was truly risen.
One thing remarkable was that It was so difficult for them to understand and of course, stories and news from the woman seemed to be not evident enough.
The resurrection is beyond human logic. We have faith in coming alive and Jesus is going to prepare a place for us and he is coming back again not with wounds but with the scars of his redemptive work. The resurrection makes us live now not until Christ comes. When the priest absolves you or blesses you, that power is activated once more.
The greater we make our faith the greater it becomes and if you make your faith little it shrinks. We are called to live by faith the more faith we live the more works we do for Christ. With the resurrection, we are full of life.
With the resurrection, we gain eternal life. Heaven is wedded to earth and we enjoy our union with God who dispels the darkness of night. Jesus has given us the power of Resurrection; the keys over death and sin, over evil and darkness, over Satan, principalities and power.
We can make the power of the resurrection alive by making ourselves authentic witnesses through our prayers and actions. Let us not limit Easter to picnics and family get-togethers it is more than that the glory of the resurrection is activated in the Eucharist in the sacraments.
We have to be disposed to the power of the resurrection. For Yesterday’s hopes and dreams have been assassinated by hateful words and fresh hope from yesterday’s destroyed dreams has come alive with trust, new love from rejection. New life from an empty tomb.
PRAYER
O Jesus Christ my Risen Saviour, from this moment forward. You are the Lord of my life. We will live according to your dictates written in your word and so shall our lives be restored by the power of your resurrection. Be our light all night long and stretch your hands over me for I am yours. Preserve me from the sins and imperfections I fasted for during the Lenten season.
May your powerful hands shatter the enemy’s armies for you are the fairest of ten thousand. The Light that brought existence from nothingness. Make me your gift to the world and to your people for You live and reign forever and ever. Amen.
Happy Easter.
Fr Joseph Osho
