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.
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Reflection:
How does the gospel reading today about the resurrection of Christ
speaks to us? Does it speak to us with a deeper sense of renewal. Thus it tells
us that Jesus resurrection should also be our own resurrection and triumph over
our sinfulness?
From being sinful we now try our very best to live a holy and meaningful
life. For this is our own way of saying that Jesus has also resurrected within
us. By way of living our lives according to what the resurrected Christ wants
us to live it.
If from here-on our mindset is to live our lives according to what the
resurrected Jesus wants us to live it. Well and good this would mean that we
would leave behind our sinfulness, our arrogance and high sense of ourselves
and so forth.
Thus, the resurrection of Jesus is truly meaningful for everyone of us
for the reason that we allowed it to make a big difference in our lives. We
allowed it to usher within us the defeat of anything that is evil and sinful. –
Marino J. Dasmarinas
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