Acts 3:13-15; 1 John 2:1-5; Luke 24:35-48.
Today, all three readings from the Holy Scriptures echo that Jesus suffered for the forgiveness of sins. The first reading proclaims "God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets, that his Messiah would suffer. Repent therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out." [Acts 3:18-9] St John speaks in the Second Reading, "He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world." [1 Jn. 2:2] And, during the Gospel, we heard, "Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem." [Lk. 24:46-7]
"Thus, it is written, that the Christ is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day." These words echo the