Apr 11, 2023
HOLY GOSPEL: John 20:1-18
The Holy Gospel according to John. Glory to you, O Lord.
1Early on the
first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came
to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the
tomb. 2So she ran and went to Simon
Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to
them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know
where they have laid him.” 3Then Peter
and the other disciple set out and went toward the
tomb. 4The two were running together,
but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb
first. 5He bent down to look in and saw
the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go
in. 6Then Simon Peter came, following
him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying
there, 7and the cloth that had been on
Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a
place by itself. 8Then the
other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he
saw and believed; 9for as yet
they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the
dead. 10Then the
disciples returned to their homes.
11But Mary
stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over
to look
into the
tomb; 12and she saw two angels in white,
sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and
the other at the feet. 13They said to
her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have
taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid
him.” 14When she had said this, she
turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know
that it was Jesus. 15Jesus said to
her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?”
Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you
have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will
take him
away.” 16Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She
turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!”
(which
means
Teacher). 17Jesus said to her, “Do not hold
on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the
Father. But
go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and
your Father, to my God and your God.’ ” 18Mary Magdalene went and
announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told
them that he had said these things to
her.