After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the tomb. Look, there was a great earthquake, for an angel from the Lord came down from heaven. Coming to the stone, he rolled it away and sat on it. Now his face was like lightning and his clothes as white as snow. The guards were so terrified of him that they shook with fear and became like dead men. But the angel said to the women, “Don’t be afraid. I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He isn’t here, because he’s been raised from the dead, just as he said. Come, see the place where they laid him. Now hurry, go and tell his disciples, ‘He’s been raised from the dead. He’s going on ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there.’ I’ve given the message to you.” With great fear and excitement, they hurried away from the tomb and ran to tell his disciples. But Jesus met them and greeted them. They came and grabbed his feet and worshipped him. Then Jesus said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Go and tell my brothers that I am going into Galilee. They will see me there.” (Matthew 28:1-10, CEB)
We keep hearing that Jesus died alone, and was alone in His suffering and at the tomb.
But was He?
The story here tells us that Mary Magdalene and Mary went to the tomb the morning after the Sabbath. They went to mourn. They went to be with Him.
He was not alone. The women were there all the time.
We need to listen to the women and see their witness.
All humanity is in the likeness of God, and all are included. None are less than. You only make them that way. Stop denying God and live into the body that is the richness that God created.
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