--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 4/13/09 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 4/13/09 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2009/04/13/daily-readings-reflection-for-41309#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 4/13/09 Apr 13, 2009 11:23:59 AM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) Reflection on the Daily Readings for 4/13/09 by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM [Today’s Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab/) Scripture: Easter Monday. Acts 2:14.22-32. Psalm 16:1-2.5.7-8.9-10.11. Matthew 28:8-15. Lectionary # 261: Since the Easter Vigil and the great solemnity of Easter itself, we have listened to three different accounts of the Resurrection from Mark, John, and now Matthew.  We will journey with the disciples and friends of Jesus through all of the variant resurrection accounts during this octave and even after it.  Yesterday we focused upon three of the earliest witnesses: Mary Magdalene, Peter, and the Beloved Disciple. Today the words of Jesus to the women disciples are the focus of our meditation upon this mystery of the Risen Lord. Like them we hear from Matthew the living voice of the Resurrected Christ.  His words are filled with hope for us who mourn not only his death but the many others who have died among our friends, relatives, and neighbors. Pope Benedict in his Easter homily stressed the importance of Christian hope.  We recall how he developed a beautiful essay on hope within the past year and a half and that too should help us in our reflections on hope. Perhaps, it was the first for a Pope to write such an essay which developed the virtue of hope.  The recent loss of over two hundred people in Aquila,Italy through an earthquake is why he also insisted on hope in the resurrection.  Italy had draped flags from north to south, that is, throughout the whole country. The sole hope these people have is in the resurrection of Jesus. Their loved ones are promised by the Lord to share in his resurrection; we likewise have hope to share in that promise of resurrection. It is through our faith that we are led to have the anchor of hope; it is the love of Jesus for us through the Paschal Mysteries that effects love within us and builds upon our faith and our hope. We return to the three different words Jesus gives to the women: "Peace (Shalom in Jesus' language); Do not be afraid; Go, carry the news to my brothers that they are to go to Galilee where they will see me." We are able to assimilate these words throughout this day and make them our prayer.  The scholar Aviezer Ravitzky defines the biblical concept of Shalom for us: "The Hebrew word for peace,shalom,is derived from a root denoting wholeness or completeness, and its frame of reference throughout Jewish literature is bound up with  the notion of shelemut, perfection. Its significance is thus not limited to the political domain--to the absence of war and enmity--or to the social--to the absence of quarrel and strife. It ranges over several spheres and refer in different contexts to bounteous physical conditions, to a moral value, and ultimately, to a cosmic principle and divine attribute." (Joys of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert, p. 204). Jesus has often said to his apostles and friends, "Do not fear!" Fear blocks hope and love and thwarts our growth in faith. We are told by St. John that perfect love casts out all fear.  We can learn this from Jesus in what he went through in his last days wherein the Paschal Mysteries began., Finally, we are called to be witnesses to Jesus' resurrection by knowing we are forgiven and have good news to bring to others because of this event.  Its liberation for us Christians parallels the Exodus and its liberating effect on the people of Israel.  Jesus tells the women that the brethren are to go to Galilee where they will see him. Again it is another promise of Jesus, the Son of God. Fr. Benedict T.Viviano comments on the event of today's Gospel: "This event, accessible only to faith, is not yet the fullness of the kingdom on earth, but it points to the permanent kingdom in heaven." (New Jerome Biblical Commentary, p.672). 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