Friends:
Experiencing the Resurrection in our lives is a process similar to that of Thomas. Our faith withers when we do not live it within the community setting. But where two or more of us gather in His name, Jesus becomes present among us and we recognize Him. We move from fear to inner peace, from insecurity to trust, from paralyzing sadness to the Easter joy that sets us in motion.
We recall the link to the video we recommended last week: What the Church didn’t tell you about Historical Jesus. A very interesting interview by Javier Esteban with Fray Marcos where the origins of his life are told and themes such as historical Jesus and its contrast with dogmas, the idea of an omnipotent God, sin as error, or life after death, among others, are explored.
Gospel and Gospel commentaries
Jn 20, 19-31. When it was evening, that first day of the week, while the doors of the place where the disciples were locked…
Miguel Ángel Munárriz Casajús: How the Father sent me… Sent by Jesus, with His same mission.
José Luis Sicre: The unbelieving Thomas and believing communities. All appearances of the risen Jesus are peculiar. Even when the same event is recounted, the evangelists differ. The differences are so many that they encourage us to focus on the message and not on the details.
Enrique Martínez Lozano: Uncaused peace. Peace, joy, and gratitude are uncaused realities; they do not depend on what may happen.
Fray Marcos: Only by living do we discover the living Jesus. Love is manifested only in community.
José Antonio Pagola: Living from His presence. Only when they see the risen Jesus among them does the group of disciples transform.
Fidel Aizpurúa Donazar: Blessed are those who believe without having seen. One must distinguish between the faith that needs to see and the one that does not need to see, between the faith that trusts and the one that finds it difficult to trust, between the faith that wants to prove everything and the one that relies on Jesus’ promise.
Mari Paz López Santos: Believing without data. Perhaps true Faith is not a matter of vision but of Love, a Love that leads to believing without data.
Selected articles for the week
Jesús Bastante: The Pope calls for a world prayer for peace on April 11: “We cannot continue to be indifferent! We cannot resign ourselves to evil!”. “We are getting used to violence, we are resigning ourselves to it and becoming indifferent,” warns León XIV during an Urbi et Orbi blessing.
Alberto Prieto Moreno: Blessed are those who work for peace… even in Iran. Attacks against civilians, especially children, are contrary to the message of Jesus, who grants dignity to all human beings.
EFE / RD: The saddest Easter of Pizzaballa in the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem: “We face a real void”. The Patriarch of Jerusalem presided over Mass this Easter Sunday in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, behind closed doors and with a small group of friars due to Israeli restrictions within the framework of the war with Iran.
We are surrounded by war deaths, rejected migrants, children who matter to no one, and disdained women. All these suffering faces become flesh in the images of Good Friday, deep within its celebration, and they must be explicitly addressed in all homilies and sermons.
Manos Unidas: Manos Unidas Brings Clean Water to 3,500 People in Rajasthan (India). In a world where 2 billion people still lack access to water and proper sanitation, the two projects launched by Manos Unidas and Ferrovial in Rajasthan are making the right to water a reality for thousands of people.
Digital Religion: Queen Letizia Asked the Pope About Sexual Abuse in the Church. During the private audience that Leo XIV granted to the kings on March 20th. Ten days later, the protocol for recognizing and repairing the victims of sexual abuse within the Church whose cases have prescribed was signed in Spain.
Sor Lucía Caram: 40 Years Later, I Still Hear It: ‘They Have Forgotten God’ A ‘Crazy’ Monk Awakened the Soul. More religion, more politics, more speeches, but less humanity. And when the name of God is used to hate, condemn, disqualify, or impose heavy burdens, it is being profaned.
Gerardo Villar: Is It Just a Dream? What if that building were dedicated to poverty services in the world?
In-depth News. Leo XIV’s (almost definitive) plan in Spain revealed: from Carabanchel to Arguineguín, passing through Montserrat.
For More Participatory and Contemporary Eucharists
Acts 2, 42-47. The brothers were constant in listening to the teaching of the Apostles, in common life, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Peter 1, 3-9. Blessed be God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Florentino Ulibarri: Peace Be With You. My tenderest and most evangelical peace, the one that makes you children and brothers. Live in peace, rejoice in peace. Receive it and give it with generosity.
Vicky Irigaray: 2nd Easter Sunday. Let us be aware that the resurrection becomes present, is lived, and is recognized where life is fought for and everything that dehumanizes and kills is combated.
Anaphora: Faith and Trust. To have faith in God is not to believe a series of dogmas; it is simply to trust in Him.
Benedictine Nuns of Montserrat. 2nd Easter Sunday.
Multimedia Material
Who Is Watching? By Eckhart Tolle. When you look at a tree or a human being from stillness, who is watching? Something deeper than the person…
Let Me Live. By Salomé Arricibita. Presentation Lenin Vladimir Cárdenas. Dolores Aleixandre says: “If we start identifying the intimate presence of God in our daily darkness and in the fragile existences of others; if we learn to truly look at what is before us, with its mixture of joys, surprises, failures, and questions; if we are amazed that another day dawns, if we have learned, a little more, not to separate God from life itself, we are beginning to understand what the incarnation is; we are, like Nicodemus, being born again”.
Teresa Nécega and Salomé Arricibita: Come to Galilee. “He truly rose, my Love and my hope”… let us learn to have hope in one another.
Silence Also Decides. Stop Bullying. By Naurea Soma. This song talks about bullying, from a place that is not always named: silence. It is not only the one who causes harm. It is also what happens around it, the looks, what is allowed, what no one stops. Because sometimes a blow is not necessary for it to hurt. Silence also decides.
Equipo Quiero Ver: When Everything Starts Anew. There are moments when everything seems to go dark. But even then, in silence, life continues to grow. This video is an invitation to look beyond, to discover that hope is already underway… even if you don’t notice it yet.
The Lord Has Risen. By Cristóbal Fones S.J. !!!Christ, the Lord, has risen, his love was stronger than death!!! Precious song-meditation.
In the EFFA School we provide the link to the curriculum where all available talks and bibliography are located, for those who could not watch them or wish to review any again. The link to access the latest uploaded videos may also be useful.
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A hug,
Inma Calvo
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