Sunday Meditation: Easter Sunday

We have finally come to the most glorious day of the year, the Resurrection of our Lord, in English referred to as Easter Sunday.  The Gospel reading in Year B comes from the John.  Why not from the Gospel of Mark, you may ask, since we are in Year B?  Because the Resurrection passage from the Gospel of Mark is read on the Easter Vigil on Saturday night.  We can meditate on that another time.  For now it’s the Easter Sunday reading.

 

On the first day of the week,

Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning,

while it was still dark,

and saw the stone removed from the tomb.

So she ran and went to Simon Peter

and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,

“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,

and we don’t know where they put him.”

So Peter and the other disciple went out and came to the tomb.

They both ran, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter

and arrived at the tomb first;

he bent down and saw the burial cloths there, but did not go in.

When Simon Peter arrived after him,

he went into the tomb and saw the burial cloths there,

and the cloth that had covered his head,

not with the burial cloths but rolled up in a separate place.

Then the other disciple also went in,

the one who had arrived at the tomb first,

and he saw and believed.

For they did not yet understand the Scripture

that he had to rise from the dead.

~Jn 20:1-9

What can be said about Christ being raised that has not already been said?  We can delve into the significance of the Resurrection, but let’s just focus on John’s Gospel narrative here.  Bishop Barron provides a solid look at all the tiny details.

 

Let’s meditate on a particular detail that Bishop Barron does not bring up.

Sunday Meditation: “On the first day of the week.”