First Reading - Acts 2:14,22-33
Gospel - Matthew 28:8-15
Today’s readings confront us with a powerful tension: the battle between truth and falsehood. On one side, we have Peter, newly emboldened by the Holy Spirit, proclaiming the truth of the risen Christ. On the other, we have guards and authorities who, despite witnessing a miracle, try to bury the truth with money and lies.
The Gospel tells us that the women left the tomb with both fear and great joy. That’s often how truth comes to us—shocking, overwhelming, but ultimately life-giving. These women didn’t fully understand everything yet, but they knew something earth-shaking had happened. So they ran—not from the truth, but with it—to share it with the disciples.
Meanwhile, the guards also witnessed the truth, but instead of embracing it, they sold it off. For a handful of silver, they buried the greatest truth ever told under a fabricated story.
Peter, in the first reading, shows us what happens when the truth of the Resurrection is embraced. This is not the same Peter who once denied Jesus out of fear. This Peter is different—bold, clear, convicted. Why? Because he has encountered the risen Lord and the truth has changed him forever.
And that’s the challenge of Easter for us: will we be like Peter and the women—who let the truth reshape their lives—or like the guards, who suppress it for the sake of convenience, comfort, or fear?
The resurrection is not just a message to believe; it is a truth to live. If Christ is truly risen, then we are called to rise with Him—from fear to courage, from compromise to conviction, from silence to proclamation.
So today, let us ask:
What truths am I tempted to bury?
Where have I traded conviction for comfort?
How can I proclaim, like Peter, what I know to be true?
Because the truth of Easter is not meant to stay inside a tomb.
It is meant to run free—through us.
Christ is risen. Let the truth rise with Him—in us.
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