5. SUN Easter Sunday (Resurrction of our Lord)

Mt. 28: 1-6: We celebrate the resurrection of jesus Christ today. It is called Easter. We see an empty tomb. If it was not empty, our life would have been empty. So

a.       Jesus lives in us today. We have died in sin and lives in Christ for God (Rom 6:10) Those  who live in Christ is a new creation (2 Cor. 5:17)

b.      Jesus lives in the word of God (Jn. 1: 1; 1: 14) and this life if lost what gains (Lk. 9:25).

c.       Jesus lives in the bread. Whenever the bread is broken and given there Jesus lives (Lk. 24: 13-35)

d.      Jesus lives in the poor, oppressed, workers and so on (Mt. 25: 31-40)

e.       Jesus lives in a community. Love each other and there jesus lives (Jn. 13: 35) He live in Eucharist (Acts 2: 44-47) Loving brother means loving God (1 Jn. 4: 7; 3:14; 4: 16)

f.        Jesus lives in the Church

Jn. 20: 1-18 First Sunday of Resurrection

On hearing about the empty tomb, Peter and the beloved disciple goes to the tomb. By seeing the empty tomb they believe – the absence of the body, the wrapped clothes – they believe that their master is raised from the dead. Through faith and love he detects the signs of the risen presence of Jesus. It is an invitation to become beloveds of Christ and once we are his beloveds then Christ is present to them. He lives.