We are Witnesses
Alleluia! The tomb is empty! We were not there in 33 A.D. to witness the Resurrection, yet we are still credible witnesses. In fact we witness the Resurrection every time we go to Mass. During or after the Lamb of God when the priest in persona Christi capitis (in the person of Christ the Head) breaks the host and places a small part of it into the chalice, there we see the Resurrection take place, when the blood “mingles” with the body. Brothers and sisters, we are indeed witnesses! St. Peter tells the disciples that they are witnesses of all the things Jesus did and said for they were with Him. Furthermore, he says “This man God raised on the third day and granted that he be visible, not to all the people, but to us, the witnesses chosen by God in advance, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead” (Acts 10:40-41). The Resurrected Jesus is only visible to those who ...