Reflection for March 30, Holy Saturday at the Easter Vigil: Mark 16:1-7

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.’”

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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 anymore for He has risen. 

In His being powerless, in His momentary death there were still true and faithful followers who remained 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.

We therefore have to be faithful to Jesus even if it seems that He is distant to us. We therefore have to be faithful to Jesus no matter how salivating the temptation that Satan dangles before us. For it’s only through our faithfulness to Him that we would find life everlasting. – Marino J. Dasmarinas