Reflections
from Manila Bulletin
April 23, 2011, 6:45pm
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.
Reflection
Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. Mary must have felt empty after the
death of Jesus. She must have felt that the direction of her life, once
saved by Jesus, is lost.
Life sometimes brings us to such dead ends. Whenever we feel lost and
abandoned, we need to go back to the day we first heard God’s urgings
and responded, back to our first love, and back to the basics.
Maybe even Jesus got sort of lost in the events of the past three
days that He had to go back to the Father.
Now He has to return to His
friends and reassure them. Peter and John must run and go back to Jesus
to recover what has been lost. Only after finding Him again can they
continue and finish the race.
Jump high three times as soon as you rise and thank God for a brand new life!
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