Suddenly, without warning, Jesus stood before them and said, "Peace! Do not be afraid!  Go and carry the news to the others that they are to go to Galilee where they will see me."

Lord I believe in the Resurrection, I trust in you and I love you.

My Jesus, I have travelled Your Way of the cross.
It seems so real and I feel so ashamed. I complain of my
sufferings and find obedience to the Father's Will difficult. My Mind
bogged down by the poverty, sickness, starvation, greed and hatred
in the world.

There are many innocent people who suffer so unjustly. There are
those born with physical and mental defects. Do we understand that
You continue to carry Your cross in the minds and bodies of each
human being?

Help me to see the Father's Will in every incident of my daily
life. This is what You did - You saw the Father's Will in Your persecutors,
Your enemies and Your pain.

You saw a beauty in the Cross and embraced it as a desired treasure.
My worldly mind is dulled by injustice and suffering and I
lose sight of the glory that is to come. Help me to trust the Father
and to realize that there is something great behind the most insignificant
suffering. There is Someone lifting my cross to fit my shoulders - there
is Divine Wisdom in all the petty annoyances that annoy my soul
every day.

Teach me the lessons contained in my Cross,
the wisdom of its necessity, the beauty of its variety and the
fortitude that accompanies even the smallest cross.
Mary, My Mother, obtain for me the grace to be Jesus
to my neighbor and to see my neighbor
in Jesus.

Amen.