He is truly risen!
The Gospel places us next to Mary Magdalene, walking to the tomb “while it was still dark”. Mary represents those of us who continue to seek life even in the shadows; those of us who do not cease to love and serve, even when our hearts are weary. She runs to warn the disciples, and Peter and the beloved disciple also leave in haste. Seeing, entering, believing… all speak to us of something that moves within, of an awakening that happens when hope reappears.
What did you see on the way, Maria, in the morning?
To my glorious Lord, the abandoned tomb.
He is truly risen, my Love and my Hope!
From that moment on, every apparition of the Risen One brings the same gift: “Peace be with you”. It is not just any greeting, it is a profound consolation. His coming is a presence that transforms, that calms fear, that restores broken bonds, that puts people back on their feet. Jesus not only says peace: he generates it all around him. His presence is peace.
And our world, for some time now so torn apart by senseless wars, needs just that: people whose presence alone is a safe space, who pacify, who unite, who heal. It needs communities that make visible that the Resurrection is not just an event of the past, but a real and present experience, a force that continues to impel us to make our faith a concrete action.
As Daughters of Jesus, as a family that shares a charism where filiation is the thread with which we weave our way of being in the world, Easter invites us to truly ask ourselves:
- What kind of presence am I offering to the world?
- Does my way of being generate peace, trust, reconciliation?
- What relationships, spaces or decisions need me to come as a peace bearer today?
Easter invites us to be people whose presence is a home, a network of care and relief. Women who, like Mary Magdalene, run to announce Life; and like the Risen One, enter homes, wounds, stories… and leave peace.
Do not be afraid.
Life has won.
Peace is possible.
And you can be its sign.
May the Risen Lord grant us the grace to be a luminous presence, a people of peace, who unite and raise up, who wherever they are, make credible that Jesus lives.
Happy Easter.
Peace be with you.
General Government of the Daughters of Jesus
