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Ebanghelyo subong nga Adlaw (Mateo 28:8-15)

Gani dali-dali sila nga naghalin didto sa lulubngan. Bisan hinadlukan sila pero nalipay gid sila sa balita nga ato samtang nagadalagan sila agod sugiran ang iya mga sumulunod.

Dugay-dugay nasugata nila si Jesus nga nagapangamusta sa ila. Dayon nagpalapit sila kay Jesus kag nagluhod sa iya. Ginhakos nila ang tiil ni Jesus kag nagsimba sila sa iya.

Nagsiling si Jesus sa ila, "Indi kamo magkahadlok. Kadtui ninyo ang akon mga utod kag silingon ninyo sila nga magkadto didto sa Galilea. Didto makita nila ako."

Paghalin sang mga babayi sa ginlubngan, ang iban nga mga guwardya naglakat man kag nagkadto sa siyudad kag ginsugid nila sa manugdumala nga mga pari ang tanan nga natabo didto sa lulubngan.

Gani nagmiting ang manugdumala nga mga pari kaupod ang mga manugdumala sang mga Judio. Nagkasugot sila nga hatagan nila sang madamo nga kuwarta ang mga soldado agod indi sila magsugid kon ano gid ang matuod nga natabo.

Gintudluan nila ang mga soldado kon ano ang ila isugid sa mga tawo. Nagsiling sila, "Sugiran ninyo ang mga tawo nga samtang nagakatulog kamo kagab-i, nag-abot ang iya mga sumulunod kag ginkuha nila ang bangkay ni Jesus.

Kon mabatian ini sang gobernador kami ang mahambal sa iya agod indi kamo maano."

Gani ginbaton nila ang kuwarta kag gintuman nila ang ginsiling sa ila. Gani hasta subong amo ini nga istorya ang ginapalapnag sang mga Judio.

Prayers:

"Lord Jesus, may we always live in the joy and hope of the resurrection and never lose sight of its truth for our lives."

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Reflection of the Daily Gospel:

Are you prepared to meet the Risen Lord? The disciples of Jesus were as unprepared for his resurrection as they were for his death. The empty tomb made them fearful and joyful at the same time. "Where did they put the body or did he really rise just as he predicted?" Even though Jesus had spoken to them before of his death and rising, they could not believe until they saw the empty tomb and met the risen Lord. Aren't we the same? We want to see with our own eyes before we believe! The guards brought their testimony to the chief priests and elders who met the news with denial. They were resolved to not believe that Jesus had risen and they bribed the guards in the hope of keeping others from believing.

What is the basis of our faith in the resurrection? The scriptures tell us that "faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen"(Hebrews 11:1). Faith is an entirely free gift that God makes to us. Our faith is a free assent to the whole truth which God reveals to us through his word. Faith is certain because it is based on the very word of God who cannot lie. Faith also seeks understanding. That is why God enlightens the "eyes of our hearts" that we may know what is the hope to which he has called us (Ephesians 1:18). Peter the Apostle says we have been born anew to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (1 Peter 1:3). Through the gift of faith, the Lord reveals himself to those who believe in his word and he fills them with "new life in his Holy Spirit". Do you live in the joy and hope of the resurrection? And do you recognize the presence of the Risen Lord in his word, in the "breaking of the bread", and in his church, the body of Christ?