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
Points For Reflection and Prayer
- In the spirit of the Ignatius approach to contemplation - imagine you are rushing along with these two.
- How far is it - Does Peter seem winded?
- The other disciple is getting ahead - which one are you nearest to?
- What are they saying to each other? Do they think Jesus' body is going to be desecrated to mock him in death?
- Notice the reference to the Shroud and the Sudarium, (the cloth that covered Jesus face when he was taken down from the cross) Who would have gathered them up and taken them?
- What do you think is happening to Peter as he emerges from the empty tomb?
- Notice this account of the other disciple ... "he saw and believed."
- Is he the first to grasp what Jesus meant when he said, "... and on the third day he will rise again?" (Mtt:17:23)
- What is your conviction regarding Jesus resurrection?
- Do you think you may have encounter Jesus some where, some time? (remember Mary Madeline did not recognize him at first)
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