Saturday
11th April 2020. Read Genesis 1-2:2, Romans 6:3-11 and Matthew
28:1-10.
“Christ being
raised from the dead will never die again; death no longer has dominion over
him. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in
Christ Jesus.” (Romans 6:9-11)
In the
beginning, when God created the world, everything was good. Sin spoilt it all.
God chose Abraham and from him began a race; a people who were to be in covenant
with God living above sin and a light (example) to the rest of mankind but being
humans, they kept falling back into sin. God saved them from Egypt by mighty
works of valour, but they soon forgot God and returned to their sinful ways.
God did
not give up on man; God has never given up on us. God sent the Prophets all of
them with just one message: walk away from sin and embrace true life. We heard
Isaiah, we heard Baruch, we heard Ezekiel all of them pleading that we return
to God. Consider the images the prophets employed going as far as referring to
us an adulterous wife and God the patient husband who seeks our return. Still, mankind remained hardened in sin.
God still
not giving up on man decided to send His Son Jesus Christ. Again the prophets
announced the coming of Christ as God coming to sprinkle clean water on us and
change our heart of stone. Jesus was not born to live, He was born for one
purpose; to die; to undo the sin of our first parents, to reconcile us to God,
to free mankind from the grip of death and sin.
As St.
Paul says, by recalling the death of Christ, we must remind ourselves of one
basic truth; that by the death of Christ, we who call ourselves Christians must
die to sin. If we continue living in sin, then we make a mockery of our entire spiritual
history as children of Abraham. It is not enough that we push sin away, we must
shine the light of Christ; we must be lights in this darkened world.
Look around
you, what do you see? Fear, pain, hunger, hopelessness. People cannot go out of
their homes, people cannot even gather to worship in Church or celebrate Easter
party. In the midst of COVID-19 darkness, we Christians are called to become
like this Paschal Candle; to shine goodness, love, compassion, truth, justice
and everything Christ would do.
The women
went to the tomb very early in the morning hoping to anoint the body of Jesus
with the spices. They were looking for a dead body but found an Angel who gave
them the Good News. Jesus even met them on the way to confirm this great News. Like
these women, we often become completely overwhelmed by the darkness that we only
expect the worst to happen, we start looking for dead bodies to cry about just
as some of us are only expecting more bad news from the pandemic.
These
women forgot or perhaps did not believe it when Jesus said several times that
He would rise again. Seeing Jesus beaten like a worm and crucified was a blow
too hard to swallow. Have you given up on your faith because of the pandemic? Are
you looking for a dead Jesus? I bet you, God will surprise you. God will
surprise you. Fear Not! It will be a glorious ending.
Let us pray: Lord Jesus, you died to save me from sin. Teach me to die
to sin each moment and when my heart is weak with tears, raise me up and open
my eyes to see your resurrected self. Amen.
Be Happy.
Live Positive. Have Faith. It is well with you. God bless you. (Easter
Vigil. Year A. Bible Study: Gen.1:1-2:2,
Gen.22:1-28, Ex.14:15-15:1, Isa.54:5-14, Isa.55:1-11, Bar.3:9-15, 32-4:4,
Ez.36:16-28, Rom.6:3-11 and Matthew 28:1-10).
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