Gospel: John 20:1-9
On the first day of
the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was
still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to
Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They
have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” So
Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb. They both ran, but
the other disciple ran faster than Peter and arrived at the tomb first; he bent
down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in. When Simon Peter
arrived after him, he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there, and
the cloth that had covered his head, not with the burial cloths but rolled up
in a separate place. Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had
arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed. For they did not yet
understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead.
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Reflection:
How profound is your
love for Jesus? Mary of Magdala, Peter and the beloved disciple loved Jesus
deeply. Perhaps to say that the three of them were distressed is an
understatement when Jesus’ body was buried. They certainly felt that a certain
part of them had been taken away from them permanently, for this is how it
feels when somebody you love deeply dies.
Therefore by the
next day or in the early hours of the next day Mary of Magdala went to the tomb
only to find out that Jesus’ body was not there anymore. She told Peter and the
beloved disciple about the missing body of Jesus. So racing against time they
went to see for themselves the empty tomb of Jesus.
What does this
gospel episode signify to us? Does it tell us that we too should look and long
for Jesus? Surely it tells us that we too should have this ever present longing
for Jesus. For the simple reason that the moment we long for Jesus it’s already
automatic that we will also search, hunger and thirst for Jesus.
Jesus is alive and
Jesus has risen yet many are not longing for Him. This is the sad truth: many
are still not longing for Him. Why? Because many don’t care to share Him and
many don’t care to live His teachings.
Let us therefore be
different from those who don’t care to share Jesus. Let us humbly share the Resurrected
Christ and let us humbly live the teaching of the Risen Christ. So that through
us many will be enlightened and be blessed by our Risen Savior.
Will you care to
share the risen Christ or you will continue to keep Him in yourself? – Marino
J. Dasmarinas
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