Tuesday after Easter Sunday:
Today's reading is a continuation of Peter's address to the Jews from Acts 2:36-41 and the Gospel is taken from Jn 20:11-18 .
The effect of Peter's address is that 3000 people are "cut to heart" and they immediately ask Peter "what shall we do". This is so reminiscent of Peter's own words in John 6:68, when the Lord upon seeing many of his followers walking away after His teaching on Eucharist/Mass, the Lord asked Peter if he also wanted to leave Him and Peter replied "Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life". Peter's immediate response to the people was "repent and be baptised".
In the John's Gospel narrative, The Lord appears to Mary and she is unable to recognise Him untill the Lord calls her by name and then Mary is able to recognise Him. This brings out the power of the resurrected Lord, that He can hide Himself in such a manner that even though He is there, one cannot recognise him until He reveals Himself to them. Another point one needs to understand is that just because I am not able to recognise or understand Him does not mean He is not present in that form. Eucharist is a classic case in point, where no one sees Jesus in flesh & blood but He is truly present there in flesh & blood and not receiving Him is grave loss to me spiritually.The more I go In faith and receive Him in the Holy Mass , the more He reveals Himself according to His time
Today's reading is a continuation of Peter's address to the Jews from Acts 2:36-41 and the Gospel is taken from Jn 20:11-18 .
The effect of Peter's address is that 3000 people are "cut to heart" and they immediately ask Peter "what shall we do". This is so reminiscent of Peter's own words in John 6:68, when the Lord upon seeing many of his followers walking away after His teaching on Eucharist/Mass, the Lord asked Peter if he also wanted to leave Him and Peter replied "Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life". Peter's immediate response to the people was "repent and be baptised".
In the John's Gospel narrative, The Lord appears to Mary and she is unable to recognise Him untill the Lord calls her by name and then Mary is able to recognise Him. This brings out the power of the resurrected Lord, that He can hide Himself in such a manner that even though He is there, one cannot recognise him until He reveals Himself to them. Another point one needs to understand is that just because I am not able to recognise or understand Him does not mean He is not present in that form. Eucharist is a classic case in point, where no one sees Jesus in flesh & blood but He is truly present there in flesh & blood and not receiving Him is grave loss to me spiritually.The more I go In faith and receive Him in the Holy Mass , the more He reveals Himself according to His time
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