30 March, 2024 | Holy Saturday At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
Readings
OT : Gn 1:1—2:2 | Gn 22:1-18 | Ex 14:15—15:1 | Is 54:5-14 | Is 55:1-11 | Bar 3:9-15, 32--4:4 | Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28
Epistle Rom 6:3-11
Gospel Mark 16:1-7
When the sabbath was over,
Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome
bought spices so that they might go and anoint him.
Very early when the sun had risen,
on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb.
They were saying to one another,
“Who will roll back the stone for us
from the entrance to the tomb?”
When they looked up,
they saw that the stone had been rolled back;
it was very large.
On entering the tomb they saw a young man
sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe,
and they were utterly amazed.
He said to them, “Do not be amazed!
You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified.
He has been raised; he is not here.
Behold the place where they laid him.
But go and tell his disciples and Peter,
‘He is going before you to Galilee;
there you will see him, as he told you.’”
Reflection:
To see is to believe, what does this phrase mean? This means that we will only believe once we see. Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome bought spices for they were supposed to see the body of Jesus to honor it. But they did not find there the lifeless body Jesus. Instead they found an empty tomb -- where is the lifeless body of Jesus? It’s nowhere to be found for Jesus has already risen! We can reflect on the courage of these women who made their way to Jesus’ tomb. All of the disciples had fled, in fear, despair, disillusionment, at the events which had taken place. But somehow these women still wanted to love and serve Jesus, even in his death, even when everything seemed to indicate that it was the end…May we take inspiration from this small group of women who loved Jesus so much, and who ultimately were not disappointed but were the first to hear that he had risen, impossible as it seemed!
Activity :
Be still and know that Jesus was, is and will be God -- whatever 'God' means for you.
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