Monday of the 2nd week of Eastertide
First reading Acts 4:23-31
The experience of the early Church in today’s reading from Acts reminds us that the life of faith is not a flight from difficulties but a courageous engagement with them, sustained by prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit. Peter and John, after facing threats and opposition, return not with anger or discouragement, but with a heart turned toward God, bringing their wounds into the light of the community and inviting all to pray. And their prayer is not for safety or comfort, but for the grace to persevere and to proclaim the Word with greater boldness. This radical trust in the power of God over human threats reveals the true fruit of the Resurrection: the Spirit alive and active in believers, making them fearless witnesses to Christ. In our own lives, when challenges arise, whether external resistance, interior doubts, or a culture growing indifferent or hostile to the Gospel, we are called to the same response: to gather, to pray, and to ask not for the removal of hardships, but for the strength to remain faithful. The Easter season is not a time of passive joy, but of active mission, where the Spirit shakes our lives anew and fills us with divine courage. May we, like the first disciples, become places where God’s boldness is made visible. Let’s reflect: Risen Christ is proclaimed not only with words but with a life transformed by fearless love and unwavering hope.
Don Giorgio