Resurrection Day

‘…Saturday evening, when the Sabbath ended, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome went out and purchased burial spices so they could anoint Jesus’ body. Very early on Sunday morning, just at sunrise, they went to the tomb. On the way they were asking each other, “Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” But as they arrived, they looked up and saw that the stone, which was very large, had already been rolled aside.

When they entered the tomb, they saw a young man clothed in a white robe sitting on the right side. The women were shocked, but the angel said, “Don’t be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He is risen from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body. Now go and tell his disciples, including Peter, that Jesus is going ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you before he died.” And the women fled from the tomb, trembling and bewildered, and they said nothing to anyone because they were too frightened…’

Mark, 16

ed note–however one perceives the events associated with this day, the bottom line of what it represents is that Jesus and His message are unstoppable. Whether one takes Resurrection Day literally or figuratively, the one thing all can take from it is that a monumental struggle that appeared to end with one group of criminals maneuvering the system at that time to their advantage failed, as 2,000 years later, the man they attempted to silence continues to speak to mankind even to this very day, even if somewhat muted.