Friends of the Rosary,

Alleluia! Christ is Risen!

Today, Saturday within Octave of Easter, we see in the Gospel of Mark 16:9-15 Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene, the two disciples on the road, and to the Eleven.

Mary Magdalene proclaimed her encounter with the living Christ, and the disciples rejected her testimony. Also, when the two disciples from Emmaus returned with their witness, they too were met with disbelief. Finally, Jesus appeared to the Eleven and rebuked them for their unbelief and their hardness of heart before commissioning them to preach to all creation.

It’s a stunning paradox at the heart of Christianity: the Risen Jesus entrusted us with the greatest announcement in human history, and the disciples then — and we today — refused to believe.

The hardness of heart (sklērokardia in Greek) is not mere doubt but structural resistance, a shell that has formed around the soul.

Jesus must break through this resistance before He can send them forth. "Go into all the world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature," is commissioning us.

His persistence—appearing once, twice, three times in different forms—demonstrates that God never tires of knocking at the door of our unbelief.

It is precisely the broken, the doubting, and the unbelieving who become the messengers of hope.

Our fragility is not an obstacle to mission—it is the very material from which God builds His Church.

Happy Easter!

Ave Maria!
Come, Holy Spirit, come!
To Jesus through Mary!

Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.
Please give us the grace to respond with joy!

+ Mikel Amigot w/ María Blanca | RosaryNetwork.com, New York

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