The Apostles faced difficulties in their lives. Jesus did not come to take away obstacles from our lives. He came to help us overcome them. The Resurrection gives us the hope that through Jesus we will conquer. Pray to be a strong person.
Sin is our greatest enemy.
Only our choice of sin can cut us off from God. However, today, as we celebrate the second Sunday of Easter, we celebrate Mercy Sunday. In the early 1900's Jesus appeared to a Polish nun, St. Faustina. At that time many people in the Church thought of God as a wrathful, judgmental God who was eager to punish us for the least infraction. As Jesus appeared to St. Faustina over a series of months he revealed himself as a God of mercy.