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BEATIFICATION OF FR. JACQUES LAVAL, C.S.S.P.
AND  FR. FRANCIS COLL, O.P.

HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II

29 April 1979

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

1.

Alleluia! Alleluia! On this third Sunday of Easter, our paschal joy is expressed as an echo of the overflowing joy of the Apostles who, from the first day, recognized the Risen Christ. On Easter evening, "Jesus himself stood among them".

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"See my hands and my feet". He invited them to touch him with their hands. And he ate before their eyes (cf. Lk 24:36, 39, 40). Amazed and slow to believe, the Apostles recognized him at last: "The disciples were glad when they saw the Lord" (Jn 20:20; Lk 24:41); and now no one could take their joy from them (cf.

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Jn 16:22), or silence their testimony (cf. Acts 4:20). A few moments earlier, the hearts of the disciples of Emmaus were also burning within them while Jesus spoke to them on the way and explained the Scriptures to them; and they too ha