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 hope and renewal? This gospel about Jesus resurrection must also be our own resurrection and triumph over our sinfulness.
From being sinful we now try our very best to live a holy, sinless and meaningful life. For this is our own way of saying that Jesus has also resurrected within us. We therefore have to live our life according to what the resurrected Christ wants us to live it: A life free from sin and a life invested in Him and not in this world.
Therefore from now on we will live our life according to what the resurrected Jesus wants us to live it. This will mean that we now leave behind anything that makes us sin. And we allow the resurrection of the Lord to usher within us the defeat of anything that is evil and sinful.
We die a thousand times
whenever we sin and we live again when we decide to permanently walk away from
sin to follow the Lord. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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