When the day was breaking on Sunday, the women went to the tomb, they were going to do what their hearts were asking for, they were going to bury decently the one who had built up the hope for a new life in their hearts, the hope that God was taking them into account.

Knowing the stone was difficult to move, they were wondering what to do, who was going to help them, but that didn´t stop them because when the heart has the strength, nothing can stop it, when love is real, there is no stone that can prevent its arrival.

However, God has always the initiative and He goes beyond what we may expect or wish because he loves us so much that he doesn´t mind giving himself completly.
In great surprise the women found the stone removed, God became aware. How many hard stones do we have to remove from our heart, from our society? If we offered our life, if we opened our hearts, God would be able to work the miracle of removing our heavy stones.

The women are not able yet to understand what is happening. They find a young man there and without knowing he was an angel, they ask him: If you have taken him, tell us where. How big this women´s love is, they are not afraid of overcoming the cultural obstacle and they dare to speak to this stranger because love can do anything. The young man answers: “Why are you looking for somebody who is alive among the dead ones? He has resucitated”.
The women`s hearts change drastically, suddenly their minds open, there are no obstacles and they remember what the Lord has taught them and they are able to understand… At that moment, they understood everything Jesús had been telling them all along those years: hope has sense, love defeats anything, life defeats death... They understood Jesus had resucitated.

They can´t stop themselves from saying what has happened, they run to spread the good news happily, the disciples proclaim the Gospels happily, the ones which have always been heard in church, in each of our hearts, the core of our faith: Christ has resucitated.
Today we also have to be like these women, we have to proclaim the Gospels happily.

 Happy Easter!


P. Carlos Gómez, O de M                                       
World Chaplain

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