Tuesday, April 22 : Saint Francis de Sales

Our Lord’s apostles and disciples having withdrawn inside a house for fear, like children without a father or soldiers without a captain, the Lord appeared to them to console them in their affliction and said: “Peace be with you.” As though he wanted to say: “Why are you so fearful and afflicted? If it is doubt that what I promised you concerning my resurrection would not happen: peace be with you, rest in peace, may peace be formed within you, for I am risen. See my hands, touch my wounds; it is I indeed, no longer be afraid, may peace be in you”… As though he wanted to say: “What is the matter with you? I can well see, my apostles, that you are all fearful and afraid; but from now on you no longer have any cause since I have won the peace for you which I am giving you. Not only does my Father owe it to me because I am his Son, but still more because I bought it at the price of my blood and of these wounds I show you. From now on no longer be cowardly or fearful because the war is over. These past days you had good reason to be afraid when you saw me whipped… beaten, crowned with thorns, wounded from head to foot and bound to the cross. I suffered all kinds of disgrace, dereliction, ignominy… Now, however, do not be afraid anymore; peace be in your hearts; for I am victorious and have struck down all my adversaries: I have overcome the devil, the world, the flesh… Up until now I have frequently given you my peace; now I am showing you how I gained it for you… Peace is everything that I give to those who are dearest to me and so: peace be with you and all those who will believe in me.”

Roman Extraordinary (Tridentine) Daily Readings – rosary,team