Easter Sunday
Reading I – Acts 10:34 a, 37-43
Reading II – 1 Corinthians 5:6 b-8
Gospel – Luke 24:13-35
Expect the Unexpected - We all know what to expect of Easter: lots of lilies around the altar, our “Alleluia” joyfully sung over and over, perhaps a tasty ham dinner later in the day, topped off by some chocolates from the Easter bas ket. But all of this began… with the “unexpected” when Mary Mag dalene found the tomb empty. Indeed, Peter’s speech from Acts in the First Reading could insert the phrase “you might have expected” at a number of points… that Jesus would baptize John, not the other way around… that His healing and exorcising ministry would win Him acclaim, not death… that His resurrection would place Him in another dimen sion, not back at table with His followers.
On a day like Easter, a day filled with traditions, cus toms, and expectations, we are called more than ever to keep looking for God’s will in unexpected places, people, and events. In this way we can continue to give witness, like Mary Magdalene and Peter, that Christ is truly risen from the dead, and continues to live among us. Copyright, J.S. Paluch Co.
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