Thursday in the Octave of Easter

Today’s Reflection
Gospel: Lk 24: 35-48
April 13, 2023 | Thursday

Today’s Gospel

Then the two told what had happened on the road to Emmaus, and how Jesus had made himself known, when he broke bread with them.

While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood in their midst. (He said to them, “Peace to you.”) In their panic and fright they thought they were seeing a ghost, but he said to them, “Why are you upset, and how does such an idea cross your minds? Look at my hands and feet, and see that it is I myself! Touch me, and see for yourselves, for a ghost has no flesh and bones as I have!” (As he said this, he showed his hands and feet.)

Their joy was so great that they still could not believe it, as they were astonished; so he said to them, “Have you anything to eat?” And they gave him a piece of broiled fish. He took it, and ate it before them.

Then Jesus said to them, “Remember the words I spoke to you when I was still with you: Everything written about me in the law of Moses, in the prophets and in the psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

And he said, “So it was written: the Messiah had to suffer, and on the third day rise from the dead. Then repentance and forgiveness in his name would be proclaimed to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. And you are witnesses of these things.

Today’s Reflection:

In today’s reading, Jesus appeared before His disciples, showed the nail marks on His hands and feet, and ate with them to show that He is truly risen and not a ghost. He explains that His passion, death, and resurrection are a fulfillment of the Scriptures. The glorified body of Jesus has the wounds of the passion. This gives us hope that woundedness can serve as a source of strength and healing. In fact, in many private revelations, the test that it is really the Lord himself appearing is the presence of his wounds. Let us come before the Risen One, in the sacraments of Holy Communion and Reconciliation, and let us present our wounded hearts, wounded minds, and wounded relationships that He may touch and heal us so that we ourselves will be able to touch and heal others. /Vulnerasti, 2023 

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