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Catholic Charities USA
Second Sunday of Easter
Readings of the Day
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The earliest written records about the Church in Rome indicate that
newly baptized persons ("Neophytes") would don their white
baptismal garments from Holy Saturday through the Sunday after Easter
as a public expression of their new status as Christians. In the
mid-fourth century, Neophytes in Rome would make a pilgrimage to a
different church each day and take part in special instructions and
dialogs with master teachers to "unpack" their experience
of baptism. Over the centuries this custom was lost as the majority of
those being baptized were babies, and baptism became more of a family
obligation and social expectation rather than a choice made by an
adult.
For contemporary Christians, the first week of Easter is a time to
reflect on the joy of the Resurrection. In our COVID-19 world, the
challenge for us is to find that joy while sheltering in place, even
as our neighbors, friends and family have lost work and many of our
clients do not have health coverage, sick pay, or legal residency.
Like the disciples in today's gospel, we are shut in our houses
with doors and windows closed.
This Sunday's gospel provides what we need now: a model for
overcoming fear. The gospel opens up with the disciples locked inside
with the doors and windows shut, but somehow the Risen Lord broke
through their isolation and stood in their midst. He bid them
"shalom," which means healing and peace, and then
"breathed" on them, a gesture that symbolized that Ruach
HaKodesh, (Holy Spirit) was flowing in and through them, recreating
them from the inside out. Imagine the power of Resurrection that
transformed the disciples' fear into joy!
The gospel also addresses those who do not believe at first but need a
little nudge to push them in the right direction. Thomas needed to
touch Christ's wounds in order for him to believe. By touching
the nail marks in Christ's hands and the wound in Christ's
side, Thomas tapped into his own woundedness and immediately believed
that despite the wounds of the Crucifixion, Jesus was Risen and
standing before him. When Thomas connected Christ's wounds to
his own wounds, he realized that he, like the Risen Christ, was a
"wounded healer." Henri Nouwen wrote, "As followers
of Jesus we can also allow our wounds to bring healing to
others." By embracing our imperfections and our mutual need for
healing, we become wounded healers to a world that is struggling to
bring this virus under control.
May our Catholic Charities ministries bring love and healing, and may
the Risen Christ show himself in the wounds of those whom we serve.
Fr. Jon Pedigo is the Director for Advocacy and Community Engagement
at Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County and is currently a part of
CCSCC's COVID-19 Disaster Relief team in transforming parishes
into drive-through food distribution centers serving over 12,000
families.
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