April 19
Woman were the first witnesses of the Lord's resurrection
s the Word of
God through whom all things were made, what need had Christ to die? Is
it not said of him: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was
with God, and the Word was God; all things were made through him? He
was mocked and crucified; his dead body was pierced with a lance and was
buried. And yet all the while it was through him that everything was made.
But having, in his mercy, become the Church's head, there was reason
in his dying. If she had not seen her head rise first, the Church might
have despaired of resurrection for herself. So as the Church's head Christ
rose from the dead, and allowed himself to be seen. Note that it was to
women that, after he had risen, he made his earliest appearances, and that
it was they who brought men the news of it. Women were the first witnesses
of the Lord's resurrection, and it became their privilege to carry the
good news to the apostles, whose task it would thereafter be to give it
to the world. Women, then, brought them the glad tidings of the risen Christ.
The word "gospel" means "good news." And what better
news could we give you than that our Savior has risen from the dead?
From John E. Rotelle, O.S.A., Tradition Day by Day: Readings from
Church Writers. Augustinian Press. Villanova, PA, 1994.
HTML text prepared by David P. Steelman
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