April 08, 2021

Lk 24: 35-48

Jesus offers peace

Jesus is present to the disciples. Though joyful and in awe, they remain agitated and troubled.  Jesus tries to calm them by eating with them, allowing them to touch him, and simply being present to them. Jesus calls them witnesses to the Resurrection- the ultimate reconciliation and healing for all of us.  Our ability to forgive confirms our limitless potential to love unconditionally, which brings us ultimate peace.  Where there is love, there is peace. God is love.

“Peace be with you.”

—Dr. Sajit U. Kabadi is the Assistant Principal for Mission, Ministry, and Diversity at Regis Jesuit High School in Colorado.

Prayer

Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace;
Where there is hated, let me sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is discord, harmony;
Where there is error, truth;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, Grant that I may no so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is in dying that we are born into eternal life.

—St. Francis of Assisi