Mary
Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet
overjoyed, and ran to announce the news to his disciples. And behold, Jesus met
them on their way and greeted them. They approached, embraced his feet, and did
him homage. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to
go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”
While they
were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all
that had happened. The chief priests assembled with the elders and took
counsel; then they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, telling them,
“You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him while we were
asleep.’ And if this gets to the ears of the governor, we will satisfy him and
keep you out of trouble.” The soldiers took the money and did as they were
instructed. And this story has circulated among the Jews to the present
day.
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Reflection:
Can we hide
or suppress the truth?
We can never
suppress the truth no matter what we do. We may be able to suppress or hide it
for a period of time but eventually the truth will come out.
The chief
priest and the elders tried very hard to hide the truth about the resurrection
of Jesus. But except for their supporters who refused to believe. The followers
of Jesus believed that He had risen from the bondage of human death.
Just like
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, we also believe that Jesus has defeated the
curse of death thru His resurrection. But our belief is not enough we must put
into actual acts of faith our belief that Jesus has risen.
How are we
going to do this? Let us do good all the time, let us help those who are in
need, Let us be humble, let us be truthful, let us be, forgiving, kind-hearted,
understanding and let us do all the good that we can do in this world. We need
to do this so that the risen Jesus would become truly visible and risen in our
lives.
Otherwise if
we would not do these worthy acts then our belief in our Lord is useless. And
it would remain forever a figment of our imaginations. And in the process we
become failed missioners for Jesus for the simple reason that we did not live
our faith.
Are you doing
something to live your faith in the risen Lord Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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