Easter Day – The Resurrection of the Lord. Year C.
First Reading
Acts 10:34a, 37-43
Second Reading
Colossians 3:1-4
Gospel
John 20:1-9
THEME: A NEW DAWN
Alleluia! Obiligo, Jesu akpogburu n’ elu obe, onye mmeri.
Since after the fall of man in
Genesis 3, humanity have suffered the sorrow of not seeing the salvation God
planned for us before the foundation of the world (1 Peter 1:20 and Ephesians
1:4). The world has been waiting for a time to be released from this sorrow but
it seemed it was not coming. Many prophets came to give humanity hope of this
salvation. During Christmas, the hope was fulfilled through the birth of Jesus
Christ. He came but the people he met did not recognize him. He did many works
which were not the primary purpose of his coming. He did that to clear the
ground for the main work though many did not notice it. Before the coming of
Christ, animals were the victims of sacrifice and that made it impossible to
gain that salvation prepared from of old. It was necessary for another thing greater
that animal to make way for the salvation of man. Going through the scriptures,
we can notice that there was a trace of human sacrifice as it appeared in the
gospel reading of 3rd Sunday of Lent (Luke 13:1-9). This human
sacrifice and animal sacrifice could not bring the salvation because all of
them are imperfect. A perfect being was needed and Jesus willingly submitted to
do it for us, not for his own salvation but for us. We took forty days to
journey with Christ in the wilderness and today we are back to the shore of the
river for it is a new dawn for humanity. The light that dispenses darkness has
come and we are happy. Continue Reading..............