Easter Sunday (C)

Inspire in Us the Practice of Good (2011-2013):

Sunday Reflections for Liturgical Years 2011 (A), 2012 (B), and 2013 (C)

Easter Sunday (C), March 31, 2013

Liturgical readings
Acts 10:34, 37-43
Psalm 118
Colossians 3:1-4
John 20:1-9

"He saw and believed."



Early in the morning
on the first day of the week,
  while it was still dark


Mary Magdalene came to the tomb.


She saw that the stone
had been moved away,


so she ran off


to Simon Peter
and the other disciple
(the one Jesus loved)


and told them,


"The Lord has been taken
from the tomb!


We don't know
where they have put him!"


At that,


Peter
and the other disciple
started out on their way
toward the tomb.


They were running side by side,
but then
the other disciple
outran Peter
and reached the tomb first.


He did not enter
but bent down
to peer in,
and saw the wrappings
lying on the ground.


Presently,
Simon Peter came along behind him
and entered the tomb.


He observed the wrappings on the ground
and saw the piece of cloth
which had covered the head
not lying with the wrappings,


but


rolled up in a place
by itself.


Then
the disciple
who had arrived first at the tomb


went in.


He saw


and believed.


(Remember,


as yet
they did not understand
the Scripture


that Jesus
had to rise
from the dead.)


Points for reflection and prayer:
"They killed Him..."hanging Him on a tree", only to have God raise
Him up on the third day." (Acts 10)
"The stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone." (Psalm 118)
"You have been raised up in company with Christ...set your heart on what
pertains to higher realms." (Colossians 3)