There are many ways that courage is put to the test.
It may be a heroic action or an act of valour or bravery.
But in life, courage is put to test when it comes to the truth.
It takes courage to tell the truth despite knowing that it will hurt.
It takes courage to tell the truth knowing that there will be something to lose.
In the gospel, there were two groups of people whose courage was put to the test.
One group was the women who met the Risen Lord, who sent them to tell the disciples about the Resurrection.
The women did that, disregarding what others will think of what they were telling.
The other group was the soldiers, who were guarding the tomb and they went off to tell the chief priests what had happened.
They were then given a considerable sum of money to tell a lie that the disciples stole the body of Jesus.
For the women, the truth set them free. But for the soldiers who took the money, they were imprisoned by the lie.
So, the truth is the truth, even if nobody believes it.
But a lie is a lie, even if everybody is talking about it.
As for us, let us ask Jesus, who is the Truth, to give us the courage to always tell the truth, so that we will live in the freedom of peace.