ISSL Reflections April 2 2023 Luke 24:1–12 Post 2

IV.
How long does it take for you to “catch-on” to something new?

Or maybe the better question for today is how long does it take to move from your perspective on something to a better, more accurate and more complete perspective?

Hold that in mind as you read this week’s focus Scripture and see the path these people are on.

V.
Luke 24:1-12 (NRSVue)

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to the hands of sinners and be crucified and on the third day rise again.” Then they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.

VI.
What actions and steps (or stages) do you see these people go through as they encounter the empty tomb?

What do their actions reveal about their understanding of what has happened?

Do you think you would have responded differently?

If you were with them and they asked you what they should do next, how would you answer?

Prayers and Practices

Let us hold in prayer those who find this talk of resurrection beyond belief. And let us give us all the room to say “I believe; help my unbelief.” (Mark 9:24)

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}


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