GOSPEL - John 21:1-14
+ Proclamation of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ according to John.
At that time:
1 And Jesus appeared unto his disciples again by the
sea of Tiberias.
The apparition went like this:
2 Simon Peter and Thomas, called Didymus,
were together,
Nathanael of Cana of Galilee, the sons of Zebedee and
two other disciples of Jesus.
3 Simon Peter said to them, 'I am going fishing'.
They said, 'We’re coming with you too'.
They went out and got on the boat, but they didn’t
catch anything that night.
4 And it was now morning, and Jesus stood on the shore.
But the disciples did not know it was Jesus.
5 Then Jesus said,
'Young men, do you have anything to eat? '
They said, 'No'.
6 Jesus said to them:
'Cast the net to the right of the barge, and ye shall find. '
They cast the net and could not pull it out, because
of the quantity of fish.
7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter,
'It is the Lord! '
Simon Peter, hearing that it was the Lord, put on his
garment, for he was naked, and cast himself
into the sea.
8 The other disciples came with the boat, dragging
the net with the fish.
In fact, they were not far from the land, but only about
a hundred meters.
9 As soon as they had trodden the earth, they saw
burning coals, with fish on top, and bread.
10 Jesus said to them:
Bring some of the fish that Apanhastes.
11 Then Simon Peter got into the boat and dragged
the net to the land.
And it was full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty-three;
and in spite of many fishes the net was not broken.
12 Jesus said to them, 'Come and eat'.
None of the disciples dared to ask who he was, for they
knew that he was the Lord.
13 Jesus came and took the bread and distributed
it to them.
And he did the same thing with the fish.
14 This was the third time that Jesus, risen from the dead,
appeared to the disciples.
Word of Salvation.
Reflection
The scene described by John takes place on the shores
of Lake Tiberias.
A group of Galilean fishermen, disciples of Jesus, after
the failure in the night fishing, achieves abundant
fishing, when they throw their nets to the side indicated
by the unknown who tells them about the beach.
After Jesus, Peter and the disciple whom Jesus loved are
the protagonists of the scene.
Peter is the most striving fisherman; the other disciple
is the first to recognize Jesus.
John then narrates the disciples' meal with the risen Lord.
Spontaneously we are led to think of the Eucharist,
which the Christian communities celebrated and
celebrate with the absolute conviction of the
Lord’s presence.
The text describes, in a symbolic way, the mission of
the early Church and the portrait of communities that
remain barren when they are deprived of Christ, but
which become fruitful when they obey his word and
live by his presence.
After fishing, Jesus invites the disciples for a meal
prepared by Himself: Come to lunch'.
In this meal, the figure of the Eucharist, the risen Jesus
himself offers to eat.
His mysterious presence provokes in the disciples that
kind of chill typical of theophanies.
The Evangelist’s conclusion is an invitation to the
ecclesial community of all times to find the meaning
of its vocation by focusing on Jesus as Lord of life,
because it is at the double table of the Word and the
Eucharist that the Church makes her
action among men fruitful.
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Gospel - Luke 24:35-48
Proclamation of the Gospel of
Jesus Christ according to Luke.
At that time:
The two disciples told what they had
happened on the way, and as they had
recognized Jesus as breaking bread.
They were still talking, when
Jesus appeared among them and said to them:
'Peace be upon you! '
They got scared and scared,
thinking they were seeing a ghost.
But Jesus said:
'Why are you concerned,
and why do you have doubts in your heart?
Behold my hands and my feet:
I am myself!
Touch me and see!
A ghost has no flesh, no bones,
as you see I have.
And saying this, Jesus showed them the
hands and feet.
But they still couldn’t believe it,
because they were very happy and surprised.
Then Jesus said:
'Do you have anything to eat here? '
They gave him a piece of roasted fish.
He took it and ate it before them.
Then I told them:
These are the things I’ve told you
when I was still with you:
everything had to be fulfilled
what’s written about me
in the Law of Moses, in the Prophets
and in the Psalms.
Then Jesus opened the intelligence
of the disciples
to understand the Scriptures,
and said to them, 'Thus it is written:
Christ will suffer
and shall rise from the dead to the third
day and in his name, shall be announced
conversion and forgiveness of sins
to all nations, beginning
by Jerusalem.
You will be witnesses to all this.
Word of Salvation.
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The meetings of the Risen One with the disciples
often begin with the omen of peace.
The wish for peace between them not
was a formality.
Rather, the greeting of Jesus acquired a
special consistency.
For the disciples, disturbed by the resurrection,
this peace consisted in establishing a relationship
correct with the Risen One.
It was about overcoming fear, perplexity,
astonishment, trouble, doubt, unbelief,
distrust, and welcome, in faith,
the Risen One present among them.
All these sentiments reveal the absence of peace.
This is why Jesus is presented as one
strives to make peace happen in the hearts of
disciples, in the form of openness to faith,
ability to recognize him as the Master
from the illumination of the intelligence to
penetrate the meaning of Scripture, of overcoming
hardness of heart.
Therefore, without peace, in the sense desired by Jesus,
they could not open up to the
newness of the resurrection.
Only in peace would the disciples be able to
recognize the risen Jesus, and experience
communion with him.
This was the first step to be taken by the disciple in
process of realizing your faith in the Lord.
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Gospel - Luke 24:13-35
+ The proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ
according to Luke.
13 In that same day, the first day of the week,
two of Jesus' disciples
went to a village called Emmaus,
seven miles from Jerusalem.
14 They talked about all the things they had
happened.
15 While they talked and argued,
Jesus himself drew near
and started walking with them.
16 But the disciples were as blind,
and they didn’t recognize him.
17 Then Jesus asked,
'What are you talking about along the way? '
They stopped, with their sad face,
18 And one of them, named Cleophas, said to him,
'You are the only pilgrim in Jerusalem
who doesn’t know what happened there
these last few days? '
19 He asked, 'What is it? '
The disciples answered, saying,
'What happened to Jesus, the Nazarene,
who was a prophet mighty in works and words,
before God and before all the people.
20 Our chief priests and our leaders
handed him over to be put to death and the
crucified.
21 We hoped that he would deliver Israel,
but despite all this,
It’s been three days since all this happened!
22 It is true that some women in our group
They gave us a fright.
They went at dawn to the grave
23 and they didn’t find his body.
Then they returned, saying they had seen angels
and that these affirmed that Jesus is alive.
24 Some of us went to the tomb
and found things as the women had said.
But no one saw him. '
25 And Jesus said unto them,
'As you are dull and slow
to believe everything the prophets have said!
26 Should Christ not suffer all this
to enter into his glory? '
27 Beginning with Moses and passing through
the Prophets, explained to the disciples
all passages of Scripture
who talked about him.
28 When they came near to the village where they
were going, Jesus pretended to go further.
29 But they urged Jesus, saying,
'Stay with us, it’s late
and the night is coming! '
Jesus came in to be with them.
30 When he sat down at the table with them,
And he took the bread, and blessed it, and brake it,
and gave unto them.
31 And the disciples' eyes were opened
and they recognized Jesus.
But Jesus vanished from their sight.
32 And they said one to another,
'Our heart was not burning
When he spoke to us on the way,
and explained the Scriptures to us? '
33 At that very hour they arose
and returned to Jerusalem where they found the Eleven
reunited with the others.
34 And they confirmed:
'Indeed, the Lord has risen and appeared to Simon! '
35 Then they both counted
what had happened along the way,
and how they had recognized Jesus when
he broke the bread.
Word of Salvation.
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The crucifixion of Jesus was a heavy blow to the Christian
community. With it came down the projects of liberation,
affectionately cherished by the disciples. The Master’s
words and actions seemed worthy of faith. His way
of being had something special, quite different from
what had been seen until then. His death on the cross,
however, left in the disciples the taste of frustration
and disappointment!
It was necessary for the Risen One to call them to reality.
They were not exempted from the mission. Therefore,
there was no reason to disperse and return to their
hometown, since they had, before them,
a world to be evangelized. It was foolish to cultivate
feelings of death when life had already begun to bloom
and was present in the Risen One. Why fixate on
the negative aspect of life, since the reality
goes much further?
The disciples of Emmaus portray disillusioned Christians
of all times, since they do not believe in the possibility
of creating a fraternal world. They are the pessimists,
centered on themselves, unable to project them
selves beyond their own horizons. That is, they are
Christians in whom the resurrection has
not yet borne fruit.
Only the discovery of the Risen One enables the
Christian to overcome the setbacks of life.
Then he will realize that, despite the cross,
it is worth adding efforts to build the Kingdom.
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Gospel - John 20:11-18
Proclamation of the Gospel
of Jesus Christ according to John.
At that time:
Mary stood outside the tomb, crying.
As he cried, he leaned over and looked into the tomb.
And he saw two angels in white, sitting where the body
of Jesus had been laid, one at the head, and the
other at the feet.
The angels asked him:
'Woman, why are you crying? '
She replied to me:
They took my Lord and I don’t know where they put him.
Having said this, Mary turned around and saw
Jesus standing.
But I didn’t know it was Jesus.
Jesus asked him:
Woman, why are you crying?
Who are you looking for? '
Thinking he was the gardener, Maria said:
'Sir, if you took him, tell me where you put him,
and I’ll get him.
Then Jesus said, 'Mary! '
She turned and exclaimed in Hebrew: 'Rabuni'
(which means: Master).
Jesus said, 'Don’t hold me.
I haven’t gone up to the Father yet.
But go and tell my brethren, I am going up to my
Father and your Father,
My God and your God.
Then Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples,
'I have seen the Lord! '
And he told what Jesus had said to him.
Word of Salvation.
The moving scene of Mary of Magdala’s encounter
with Jesus highlights the change in the relationship
between the disciple and the Master, brought about
from the resurrection. The new condition of Jesus
required a new kind of relationship.
Mary expressed her affection for Jesus in the various
details of his behavior. The news of the disappearance
of the Lord’s body left her perplexed. With this, he lost
a sure sign of the presence of his dear friend,
even reduced to a corpse. Without it, he would not
have a precise place to address when he wished to
mourn the irreparable loss of his friend. Therefore,
even if everyone had gone away, she remained
alone, at the entrance of the tomb, crying.
Her dialogue with the angels occurred spontaneously,
without her realizing that she was talking
to celestial beings.
All he cared about was where they put "my Lord".
Likewise the dialogue with the Risen One took place.
At first, Maria thought she was a gardener.
Demonstrating an admirable strength of spirit,
she showed herself willing to go alone to fetch the
Master’s corpse to put it back in the tomb.
As soon as she recognized the Master’s voice, she tried
to hold on to it. But he urged her to change her
behaviour. From now on, the sign of friendship that
the Lord wanted from her was to become a missionary
of the resurrection. It’s about time I
could touch him physically.
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DO NOT CRITICIZE
Don't criticize!
Try first to collaborate with everyone, without criticizing.
Criticism hurts, and no one likes to be hurt.
And the creature who likes to criticize, little by little,
finds himself isolated from everyone.
If you see something wrong, speak with love and affection,
trying to help.
But, above all, try to correct others, through
your own example.
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(1) BE YOU
Be the same, inside and outside the home.
The home is a miniature society!
Society is the extended home.
In either case, be the same: firm in your word, secure in your thinking, honest in your actions, calm in your confidence.
Man is what he is.
And the external manifestation reflects the inner state of our soul.
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