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Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not), painted c.1310 for Siena Cathedral, Italy, by Duccio di Bunin Segna (c.1260 – 1318). This is the traditional title for depictions of Fourth Gospel’s story of Mary Magdalene’s encounter with the risen Jesus in the garden; it refers to John 20. 17.
EASTER – The Empty Tomb.
(Matt. 28.1-8; Mark 16. 1-8; Luke 24. 1-12)
Early on Sunday morning, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been taken away from the entrance. She went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and told them, “they have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
Then Peter and the other disciple went to the tomb. The two of them were running, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent over and saw the linen wrappings, but he did not go in. Behind him came Simon Peter and he went straight into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there and the cloth which had been round Jesus’ head. It was not lying with the linen wrappings but was rolled up by itself. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in; he saw and believed. (They did not understand the scripture which said that he must rise from death.)
Then the disciples went back home.
Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene
(Matt. 28.9-10; Mark 16.9-11)
Mary stood crying out side the tomb. While she was still crying, she bent over and looked in the tomb and saw two angels there dressed in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head and the other at the feet.
“Woman, why are you crying?” They asked her.
She answered, “They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!”
Then she turned around and saw Jesus standing there; but she did not know that it was Jesus. “Woman, why are you crying?” Jesus asked her. “Who is it that you are looking for?”
She thought he was the gardener, so she said to him, “If you took him away, sir, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and get him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
She turned towards him and said in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” (This means “teacher”.)
“Do not hold on to me,” Jesus told her, “because I have not yet gone back up to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them that I am returning to him who is my Father and their Father, my God and their God.”
So Mary Magdalene went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and related to them what he had told her.
(Good News Bible. Today’s English Version.)
Jesus Christ is risen today, Alleluya!
Our triumphant holy day, Alleluya!
Who did once upon the cross, Alleulya!
Suffer to redeem our loss. Alleulya!
(Lyra Davidica – 1708.)
I wish to share this blessed Easter message with all my readers and I wish each one of you, your families and your loved ones a very Happy Easter and a blessed one too! May the risen Lord in all his glory be with you and remain with you always.
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