Oh what joy it is to believe wholeheartedly, to experience the Lord in a tangible way and then to share that very joy with others so that they too can partake of it.
Oh what joy it is to be loved by God with such tenderness. Our God who has no favourites but whose love wells up far more deeply within those who love Him and follows His Will for them. The love within them then overflows to all around.
Oh what joy it is to have new life in Him who came for us. From the womb to the tomb the mercy of God was poured out from His divine heart unto us. And so we in turn can be merciful to all. Amen
St John pray for us….
First reading
1 John 1:1-4
Something which has existed since the beginning,
that we have heard,
and we have seen with our own eyes;
that we have watched
and touched with our hands:
the Word, who is life –
this is our subject.
That life was made visible:
we saw it and we are giving our testimony,
telling you of the eternal life
which was with the Father and has been made visible to us.
What we have seen and heard
we are telling you
so that you too may be in union with us,
as we are in union
with the Father
and with his Son Jesus Christ.
We are writing this to you to make our own joy complete.
Gospel
John 20:2-8
On the first day of the week Mary of Magdala came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb’ she said ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’
So Peter set out with the other disciple to go to the tomb. They ran together, but the other disciple, running faster than Peter, reached the tomb first; he bent down and saw the linen cloths lying on the ground, but did not go in. Simon Peter who was following now came up, went right into the tomb, saw the linen cloths on the ground, and also the cloth that had been over his head; this was not with the linen cloths but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed.
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