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.’”
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Reflection:
Are you always
faithful to Jesus?
Mary Magdalene, Mary, the mother of James, and Salome thought that Jesus
has not yet risen from His death. That is why they went to His tomb to honor
His body by anointing it but He was not there already for He has risen.
In His being powerless, in His momentary death there were still true and
faithful followers who stayed with Jesus. We admire their loyalty to Jesus, we
admire their faith in Jesus and we admire them for they never betrayed Jesus until
the very end. They remained faithful even during the lowest moment of Jesus’
life.
I’m sure that the risen Jesus had something as a reward for Mary
Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Salome. For they proved that their
faith in Him goes beyond the miracles and healings that they’ve witnessed.
How is your faith in the risen Jesus? is it limited to the miracles that
He has done in your life? Or it goes beyond miracles that it goes deeper and it
will remain until the very end of your mortal life.
By conquering death Jesus proved to all and sundry that there is life
after death. That those who would faithfully follow Him will see life after their
mortal death in this world. Always have hope in Jesus even if it seems hopeless
for He will lift you up in His own time of choosing.
You therefore have to be faithful to Jesus even if it seems that He is
distant to you. You therefore have to be faithful to Jesus no matter how salivating
the temptation that Satan dangles before you. For it’s only through your faithfulness
to Him that you’ll find life everlasting. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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