“Our Holy Fathers tell us that the insurmountable stone that blocks the tomb here represents death, its finality and insurmountability for man. They could not move the stone, no man could move the stone. Yet the Myrrhbearers do not care about this fact. They do not care about the seemingly immovable rock; they do not care about death’s supposed finality; they burn with a mad love and trust in our Lord, and they seek him with their entire existence. They seek communion with Him, they trust that He will restore communion, regardless of the stone, regardless of death.
“Of course, their faith will be rewarded as they will find the stone rolled away. They will find an empty tomb and hear of a resurrection; a rebirth from an unused tomb, just as our Lord was previously born from a Virgin womb. The stone is moved by divine power, God has conquered death. Life has conquered death. It is now not death that has the final word, but life. Communion is restored.”
For Myrrhbearers Sunday
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I’ve thought that the women who went to the tomb were motivated by love, but also by the need to DO something, to do what women have done throughout the centuries – feed and clothe the living and honour the dead.
“God has conquered death.” Hallelujah!
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Amen! Christ is risen!
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On Myrrhbearers Sunday the homilist reminded us that we all are myrrhbearers when we engage in all the many tasks that care for Christ’s Body, the Church. He mentioned cooking and cleaning, arranging flowers, gardening, visiting the sick, etc etc. Women are typically exemplary, to be sure!
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Oh, may we keep this blessed season in mind! It’s so easy to fall away from it, with all the worldly things we have to do. “Christ has burst his prison, and from three days sleep in death, as a sun, has risen!”
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I’m trying to keep it until Ascension, but it’s not easy! May Christ invade all those “worldly” activities and be your Companion in everything, Lisa.
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