He is
Risen! Alleluia!
In
the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
The women came to the tomb very early on the first day of the week,
after the Sabbath of the Passover. They had bought the spices
necessary to do for the body of Jesus according to the custom of the
Jews. They arrived, and were thrown into a tailspin. Instead of a
sealed tomb and a dead body, they found a rolled-away stone and a
young man dressed in a white robe.
The women had come to the tomb,
expecting to do for the body of the Lord according to the custom of
the Jews, to do for Him what was fitting for
the dead.
They had good intentions. They were seeking to perform a last act of
kindness for Him who had shown them such great love throughout His
life.
But Jesus is not there. They come to the tomb and find it devoid of a
dead body, and instead an angel showing them the place where Jesus
had lain. They have seen the signs and wonders that Jesus performed.
They have witnessed the things He has done, and the things He has
endured, through the past week. And yet, they do not understand.
Where is the body of the Lord?
