Early in the morning, while it was still dark - as Mark tells it - the women came to the tomb. They expected nothing but stillness and quiet. The Sabbath was over at last, so they were free to accomplish their grim task: anointing Jesus' body for burial. But when they got there, the stone was rolled away. The tomb was EMPTY. Someone clothed in dazzling white said to them: "He has been raised. He is not here. Go, tell his disciples he has gone before you into Galilee. There you will see him!"
Aren't we all looking to see him? But he's always one step ahead of us. He has gone before us, to prepare the way for something utterly new and glorious! He calls us to follow...
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