Messages of action in a time of fear
Easter 2A, John 20:19-31
Mary Magedalene visited the tomb where they laid Jesus to rest only to find it empty. She brought this strange news to the disciples, who raced each other to see for themselves this odd sight, this strange occurrence. And the two leave her there, perplexed and perhaps frightened.
It is after they leave that she investigates, that she seeks to find what has happened to the body. A sort of murder mystery where the murderer is known — Roman execution — but the remains have gone missing. And she wants to get to the bottom of it. Not because she is curious, but because she loves him.
What she finds there are angels and Jesus; who tell her the body is alive and standing in front of her. Jesus isn’t dead — God has raised him from the dead. Go tell my brothers he tells her. And she does.
This is the Easter story. And it continues. We move from the empty tomb to the upper room. And what we find there is a different kind of stunning.
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