Monday in the Octave of Easter
Acts 2:14, 22–33; Psalm 16; Matthew 28:8–15
Faith is often simpler than we make it.
A psalm. A sermon. A meeting on the road.
Psalm 16 is a quiet prayer of trust. Life is fragile, yet God is faithful. Even death will not have the last word. “You will show me the path of life.” This is the heart of the psalm.
Peter reads this ancient prayer in the light of Easter. What David hoped for, Christ fulfilled. What was once prayer becomes proclamation. What was once promise becomes a person.
Across the centuries—through prayer, prophecy, suffering, and hope—everything moves toward Christ. In him, the scattered lines of Scripture come together. In him, the hidden meaning becomes visible. In him, the path of life is opened.
But how we receive this message matters.
The Gospel shows two groups leaving the tomb.
The women run with fear and great joy. The guards run with fear alone.
Both have seen something unsettling. Both carry news. But their hearts move in different directions.
The women are open. The guards are closed.
The women go to the disciples. The guards go to the authorities.
One path leads to worship. The other to a lie.
The Gospel is realistic. The resurrection does not force faith. Even before the modern world, there were already cover stories, denials, and manufactured explanations. The empty tomb can begin faith— or resistance.
Then comes a moment of quiet beauty.
Jesus meets the women and says, “Do not be afraid.”
Fear is not the final word of Easter. Joy is.
Then he sends them: Go to Galilee. There they - the disciples - will see me.
Galilee is more than a place. It is the place where everything began. The place of first calling. The place of first love. The place before failure, before betrayal, before fear took over.
In Jerusalem, Jesus completed his mission. In Jerusalem, the disciples failed. But the risen Lord does not leave them there. He leads them back to the beginning.
This is the joy of Easter: the risen Christ gives a new start to those who failed him— and to us.
Let us return to our Galilee.
There we will meet the risen Lord again and begin anew.
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