Tuesday of the 6th week of Eastertide
Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
First reading Acts 16:22-34
In today’s Eastertide meditation, drawn from the Acts of the Apostles, we witness a profound mystery: imprisoned, beaten, and chained, Paul and Silas do not curse their fate or cry out in despair, they sing. Their hymns, lifted in the silence of the night, echo the defiant joy of the Resurrection, the unwavering trust that Christ has conquered death and that no suffering can extinguish the light of Easter. Their praise becomes a miracle, not only in the literal shaking of the prison’s foundations but in the deeper liberation it brings: the conversion of a jailer, the birth of faith in his household, the transformation of pain into proclamation. This is the miracle of Easter: that from within the walls of our own darkness, be it fear, loss, doubt, or injustice, we too can sing. We sing not because all is well, but because Christ is risen, and in Him, all things are being made new. To sing God’s praises in suffering is to bear witness to a joy that death cannot touch and to a hope that nothing in this world can silence. As we journey through these final days of Eastertide, may we learn to make our hearts a sanctuary of song, trusting that even from the deepest prisons, God still brings forth resurrection. Let’s reflect: Easter is the radiant triumph of hope that empowers us to sing God’s praises even in suffering, revealing that Christ’s Resurrection transforms every prison into a place of freedom and every trial into a testimony of grace.
Don Giorgio