This man God raised (on) the third day and granted that he be visible,
not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
He commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.
To him all the prophets bear witness, that everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins through his name. (Acts 10:40-43 NABRE)
The stone was removed from the entrance of His tomb. Jesus was missing. His friends didn't know what to think. But Jesus was alive! The accounts we have tell us that He appeared first to Mary of Magdala and then to two disciples walking along the road, and soon to all the disciples who would become witnesses of his death and resurrection. Witnesses!
Lord, your resurrection is almost too much for me to take in. But what you did, what you taught, and the suffering you endured begin to make sense when I decide again today to accept the truth of it all. When I choose to recognize the passion in Peter's witness to Cornelius and his family. When I consider that 265 men have held the seat of Peter through the centuries, beginning with Linus and currently with Francis, I am reminded that the continuous connection to Jesus is still mine today!
Today, on this Easter day, I will marvel again at the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth and all that means for my own life today. And I will continue to pray the Divine Mercy Novena (Day 3).
Saint Vincent Ferrer, who made your work that of "going through the world preaching Christ," pray for us.
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