Lectio Divina
On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
Luke 24
Reflection
We want resurrection
to feel like victory.
Clear.
Decisive.
Undeniable.
But the first ones
to see the risen Christ
did not feel victorious.
They arrive.
Spices in hand.
Prepared for a burial.
What they find
is not loud
it’s not obvious.
It’s an empty space.
Absence.
Stone removed.
His body gone.
The problem with an empty tomb
is that it cannot be managed.
It is a disruption of frameworks.
It questions the powers.
It resists explanation.
Resurrection does not give answers,
it removes what we thought was certain.
Everything we knew
now held
with open hands.
And if I can get still enough,
the empty tomb
becomes invitation.
Come and see.
Christ emptied himself.
Now his tomb lies empty.
Come and see.
The way of Christ.
The way of Kingdom.
The way of Spirit.
In the emptying of self
the possibility
of resurrection
begins.
Blessing
Dear Friend
A very Happy Easter to you and yours!
On this holy morning,
may you not rush
past the empty spaces.
May you have the courage to stand
where something has been lost,
and not yet explained.
May the absence you carry
become
in time
an opening.
Like a name spoken softly in the garden,
may you discover that life
has already begun
where you thought nothing remained.
In the Name of Jesus, the Christ
Amen