The Grave is Open

A closed grave does not let death in or out.

But the grave is open, allowing The Resurrection and The Life to flow into the world.

We are often disturbed by death.

Like the women who came to the tomb on that early Easter morning, we desire to cover death in spices and mask its stench in the hope of aromatics and the blossoms of flowers and fragrance.

We go to the tomb expecting death, sealed with all our hopes and dreams behind cold stone.

We go to the tomb with expectancy of closure, only to find the stone shockingly rolled away in the endless possibilities of life and hope in the surety of the resurrection.

“When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?’ And looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolled back—it was very large.” (Mark 16:1-4, ESV).

A Collect for Easter Day: “Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ overcame death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: Grant that we, who celebrate with joy the day of the Lord’s resurrection, may, by your life-giving Spirit, be delivered from sin and raised from death; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.” (Book of Common Prayer, 2019).

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