April 5, 2026.
“The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.” (John 20, 1-2)
Many modern men take as their own the words of Mary Magdalene on the morning of the Resurrection: “They have taken the Lord and we don’t know where they have left him.” Their faith in God was simple, perhaps not very intellectually developed, inherited from their parents and maintained by tradition and favorable cultural environments. This faith has been hit from many fronts: the changes in the church and in society, the emigration to urban centers where the experience of the faith is very anonymous, the harassment that the church receives from the media. All this has pushed them into crisis. Intuitively they feel something like God must exist, but they don’t know neither where He is nor what He is like.
However, the Lord, Christ, continues there: alive. He died but he has resuscitated. He is waiting to be found by those who-like Magdalene-have gone in search of Him. On account of this, our duty is to help the rest who take on this search, that they don’t let themselves be defeated by criticism against the religion, by the environmental changes that favored the faith and are now against it. Christ lives and we, who know this and enjoy its benefit, we must be the light that directs others towards Him, the Light.
Intention: When I see someone withdrawing from God, indifferent towards him or even hostile, I will pray for that individual and I will try to set him an example to draw him towards the Lord.