{"id":1714,"date":"2016-03-31T11:45:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T16:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/?p=1714"},"modified":"2016-03-29T20:13:51","modified_gmt":"2016-03-30T01:13:51","slug":"easter-joy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2016\/03\/easter-joy.html","title":{"rendered":"Easter Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Dome over the tomb of Christ, Jerusalem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Mary Magdalene approached the tomb early on Sunday morning absolutely heartbroken.\u00a0 Her mind was overwhelmed with questions, doubts and sorrows.\u00a0 Her day had started every early, before the sun rose, so she could be at the tomb before the first signs of light. \u00a0Despite her terrible pain, she came to the tomb of Jesus in order to finish preparing the body.\u00a0 Her sorrow turned into bewilderment as she approached, the stone had been removed from the tomb!<\/p>\n

Mary already considered the situation could not get worse, yet it had: \u201cThey have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they put him!\u201d \u00a0Her already deteriorated spirit from the events of the preceding days weakened even more. \u00a0\u201cI cannot take it much longer,\u201d she must have thought. \u00a0\u201cWhen will this suffering stop?\u201d\u00a0 She searched for Peter and John to share the terrible news. \u00a0Nothing made sense anymore, and her heart was heavy with sadness.<\/p>\n

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Altar of Mary Magdalene, marking where she met the Risen Christ, Jerusalem<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Yet that very same day, after experiencing the depths of pain and suffering, Mary Magdalene experienced unmatchable bliss and joy. \u00a0The darkness and turbulence that had settled over her vanished immediately at the first sight of her Risen Lord.\u00a0 Christ turned her sorrow into joy, and her loss into fulfillment.<\/p>\n

It is possible to identify with Mary Magdalene.\u00a0 Most have experienced the cross and may have said to God with a rebellious or disappointed heart, \u201cLord, where were you?\u201d \u00a0We have shared in Mary Magdalene\u2019s sorrow of not finding Jesus in our distress. \u00a0Like her, we have panicked, perhaps even blaming God in our misfortune.<\/p>\n

Just as Mary found hope and joy in the Risen Christ, so must we also find hope and joy in Christ. \u00a0The Easter season reminds us that by rising from the dead, Jesus Christ dispelled the darkness from our souls, calming our anxieties, healing our struggles, and filling us with hope and joy.<\/p>\n

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Tomb of Christ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Christian life invites us to live daily the experience of Mary Magdalene on the day of the resurrection. \u00a0In every event, we are called to lift up our hearts and minds to God, trusting that He will fill us with hope and joy because the tomb is empty.\u00a0 We cannot forget the empty tomb, the source of our hope.<\/p>\n

Just as in the case of Mary Magdalene, our sorrows find redemption and meaning in the Risen Christ. \u00a0Her desperate words \u201cThey have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don\u2019t know where they put him!\u201d are turned into joyful ones, \u201cI have seen the Lord!\u201d\u00a0 Just as the Risen Christ has the power to transform Mary Magdalene, He has the power to transform us filling us with Easter joy.<\/p>\n

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