Sunday Scripture - Reflection for March 31, 2024

Sunday Scripture - Reflection for March 31, 2024

Scripture Reflection: March 31, 2024 - Easter Sunday
John 20:1-9
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He has risen! Yes, Christ is risen! He has risen indeed, Alleluia!!

Come, let us all celebrate Jesus' resurrection in 2024 in a very special way. This is the day the Lord has made, so we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Can we all visualize what went on in Mary of Magdala's mind about the events leading to what we celebrate today? Yes, with mournful hopes, she rushed to the tomb and saw the stone removed. I can only imagine how terrified she was, and I know we all would be, too, if we had been in her shoes.

She went to inform the men, Simon Peter, and the other disciple whom Jesus loved. "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him" (v 20:2).

The men rushed to the tomb and saw everything as Mary of Magdala had said. Jesus' burial site was empty, with the burial cloths separated from those that covered His head, which was rolled up at a different place within the tomb. From my search, folding the cloth was a cultural sign that the user intended to return. It was especially used at meals to indicate to the servants that the dinner was not finished. Hence, Jesus was indicating that He would come again.

What a miracle! A wonder never to be repeated because our risen Lord Jesus Christ lives and reigns forever! May love and mercy always rule and defeat everything in our world.

Today, we are a new creation because death has been defeated; Freedom is here! So let us all embrace it to God's glory, Alleluia! 

Christ in His humility and self-emptying has given us a new dispensation and we need to be humble to benefit from the wonder of His resurrection. May our resurrected Lord transform us to be always merciful, humble and loving to enable us rise with Him on the last day.

Just as the other disciple believed, let us all strive to also believe in our risen Lord! AMEN.

Esi Ametoxe Banful
Little Petals, KNUST, Kumasi

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