Mary
stood outside the tomb crying. As she
wept, she bent over and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had
been, one at the head and one at the foot.
They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said,
“and I don’t know where they have put him.”
She turned away and she saw Jesus standing there, but she did not
realize it was Jesus. “Woman,” he said,
“why are you crying? Who is it you are
looking for?” Thinking it was the
gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have
put him and I will get him.” Jesus said
to her, “Mary.” She turned around and
cried out in Aramaic, “Rabbouni!” (which
means Teacher).
Today
is the most important day of the Christian faith. And such a day begins with tears! Mary Magdalene started that day in
tears. However, the tears of sorrow soon
changed into tears of joy. No one wants
to weep on such a day. Even the angels
asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
Jesus, too, asked her, “Why are you crying?”
The
day of the Resurrection is a day of joy, proclamation, music, and
festivities. Why are there tears?
Tears
are a wonderful phenomenon in our bodies.
We have tears at various occasions, experiences, or even when reading or
watching an emotional story. We weep
when we meet old friends and family members after years of separation.
There
were tears on Friday, too. They were
tears of suffering and pain. The mother
of Jesus and other women were weeping while watching Jesus suffer. The disciples weeping in another way: they were completely disappointed confused by
what was happening. Peter, too, was
weeping as he faced the reality of his denial of the Lord. How about the people whom Jesus had touched
and healed?
Jesus
wept, too. He wept for
In
The Passion of the Christ, there was a very effective scene. After all the torture and suffering, Jesus
dies on the cross. Suddenly, at that
moment, the music and sound effect stop.
There is a moment of complete silence.
A teardrop falls from heaven…
Today
is a day of victory. God has transformed
all our tears into tears of joy!
To
be continued in English…