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Catholic Daily Readings and Reflection | Thursday in the Octave of Easter | April 9, 2026
Jesus appeared to His disciples and they thought He was a ghost. So He did something no ghost could do. He showed them His wounds. He invited them to touch Him. And when they still could not believe, He asked for something to eat.
Ghosts do not eat fish.
The resurrection is not a spiritual metaphor. It is flesh and bones. Nail scars and baked fish. A body that can be touched, verified, examined.
And then Jesus opened their minds to understand the scriptures and told them the part they did not expect: you are witnesses of these things.
📖 Readings
First Reading: Acts 3: 11-26
Responsorial: Psalm 8:2ab and 5, 6-7, 8-9
Gospel: Luke 24:35-48
⏱️ Timeline
00:00 Introduction
00:15 Reading I - Acts 3: 11-26
02:42 Psalm Response - Psalm 8
08:11 Sequence - Victimæ Paschali Laudes
09:46 Gospel - Luke 24:35-48
11:23 Reflection - Touch Me and See
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