John 20:1-2, 11-18
1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary
1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!” 11 Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb 12 and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.13 They asked her, “Woman, why are you
crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.”14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.15 He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
17 Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my
Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the Lord!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.
Reflection
The Greek word for resurrection is anastasis literally, "to stand again." In the case of Jesus, resurrection meant the restoration of his whole self — body and spirit — by God, the creator of all life. The gospels record a number of accounts of Jesus appearing after his resurrection to His disciples individually as well as while they are in groups. This week we will explore the six appearances of Jesus after His resurrection. Our first story is the resurrection story from the gospel of John where Mary sees the risen Jesus. On Sunday we celebrated the resurrected Jesus. He have seen that He’s alive. How are you sharing this hope having
encountered the living Christ on Sunday?
