Homily (Reflection) for Easter Monday
(Octave of Easter: Monday) (17th April, 2017) on the Gospel
Acts 2:14.22-33;
Ps 15:1-2.5.7-11 (R.v.1);
Matt 28:8-15.
Topic: Lies beget lies.
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary had left the tomb with fear
and great joy to give the apostles the good news when Jesus met them. And He
said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee;
there they will see me.”
On the other hand, when the chief priests heard about Jesus’
resurrection, they met with the elders before bribing the guards with large sum
of money and instructed them thus, “You must say, ‘His disciples came by night
and stole him away while we were asleep.’” The guards were also assured of
their safety should the governor come to hear of it. And this false story is
regrettably still told among the Jews to this day.
The chief priests and their cohorts put up lies just to have
Jesus put to death. Now, they are faced with another reality, the resurrection
of Jesus. We see them in today’s gospel still bent on covering the Truth, cf. Jn 14:6. No wonder Jesus warns, “Truly,
I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter
the kingdom of heaven” (Matt 18:3).
God “desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge
of the truth” (1Tim 2:4). Saint Paul
also writes, “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit,
which is the word of God” (Eph 6:17).
No matter how hard a man tries, the word of God cannot be fettered, cf. 2Tim 2:9. And let no one add or subtract
from God’s word, (cf. Prov 30:6). We
must speak the truth to one another, cf. Eph
4:25. Lies only beget lies to the point of stupidity.
Bible Reading: Eph 6:10-20;
Prov 30:1-9.
Thought for today: His word endures forever.
Let us pray: God, give us your grace to be always
open to truth – Amen.
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