Matthew’s Easter story begins in fear, where God meets the women with a word of hope. Resurrection transforms wounds rather than erasing them, sending witnesses to proclaim that Christ is risen and that fear, though real, is never the final word.

Here is the wonderfully good news for today, Christ reminds us again and again that the distance between this world and the kingdom of God is a lot shorter than we think. God has transformed the most ordinary and basic of lives into salt and light. So, be salty! Be light! Not as a goal to achieve, but as a life to live because that is what you already are.