Seeing, Believing and Sharing the Good News of Easter - Washington Post

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What did John see? The same thing that Simon Peter saw: "the burial cloths and the cloth that had covered Jesus' head, not with the burial cloths, but rolled up in a separate place." The presence of the cloths and their position indicated that the person who was wrapped in them had passed out of them. John understood that no one had stolen the body of Jesus because the cloths were in place, not disheveled, and the head cloth rolled up by itself. John saw the same stark reality that Simon Peter saw, and ". . . he saw and believed." How? John saw with the inner eye of faith. And so, John came to the realization that Jesus Christ had risen just as He had promised. Yes, John observed the same reality, but he saw it differently. Here is the primary lesson for us: The disciples of the Risen Christ witness the same reality as everyone else, but we see it differently: with faith and hope. The Risen Lord Jesus is Christ our Hope and because He is, we see everything differently! In another Easter Scripture reading, taken from his first Letter to the Corinthians, Saint Paul refers to yeast: "Do you not know that a little yeast leavens all the dough?" With few exceptions, yeast in the Jewish mentality symbolized an evil influence. This is why Saint Paul counsels us to clean out the old yeast, "the yeast of malice and wickedness." However, I propose that we see "yeast" in a positive manner. I would call it "Easter yeast," which is, in fact, a different mindset: the Easter outlook, the Christian attitude. We must insert into our daily lives this "Easter yeast" rooted in the Risen Christ who is our hope.

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