“Look at my hands and my feet…”
April 4, 2024
Thursday of Easter Week!
Dear Family of Mary!
Jesus Christ is Risen from the Dead! Alleluia!!!
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 24:35-48
The disciples of Jesus recounted what had taken place along the way, and how they had come to recognize him in the breaking of bread.
While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost. Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.” And as he said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. While they were still incredulous for joy and were amazed, he asked them, “Have you anything here to eat?” They gave him a piece of baked fish; he took it and ate it in front of them.
He said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and in the prophets and psalms must be fulfilled.” Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. And he said to them, “Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer and rise from the dead on the third day and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, would be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.” The Gospel of the Lord.
I love this account of the disciples first up close encounter with the Risen Jesus! They had to test Him out! Hand, feet, touching Him, seeing Him eat! I is so human! And Jesus is so human!!! We need to be this simple with the Risen Jesus as well. Think and pray about how human His is! Human like us!!
Our Lady said to us:
November 2, 2019 “Dear children, my beloved Son always prayed and glorified the Heavenly Father. He always said everything to Him and trusted in His will. This is what you, my children, should also do, because the Heavenly Father always listens to His children. One heart in one heart – love, light and life.
The Heavenly Father gave Himself through a human face, and this face is the face of my Son. You, apostles of my love, you should always carry the face of my Son in your hearts and your thoughts. You should always think of His love and His sacrifice. You should pray to always feel His presence, because, apostles of my love, that is the way for you to help all those who do not know my Son, who have not come to know His love.
My children, read the book of the Gospel. It is always something new, it is what binds you to my Son who was born to bring the words of life to all of my children and to sacrifice Himself for all. Apostles of my love, carried by the love for my Son, bring love and peace to all of your brothers. Judge no one. Love everyone according to the love for my Son. In this way, you will also be caring for your soul, and it [your soul] is that what is most precious, which truly belongs to you. Thank you.”
Our Lady wants us to love Jesus, who became one of us to save us. He is risen, and He is still one of us, in our humanity. What a mystery of
love!!
Blessed Easter!!!
In Jesus, Mary and Joseph!
Cathy Nolan
(c) Mary TV 2024
PS. Today is Day 7 of the Divine Mercy Novena! Pray it with us on Mary TV, on the Hour of Mercy. https://marytv.tv/hour-of-mercy/
