He Has Been Raised
The women go to anoint Jesus. That’s something done for a dead body.
They ask each other “Who will roll back the stone for us?” Shouldn't they have thought of that earlier?
It’s an impossible task for them. The stone is “very large.”
These two details set up the stage for us to learn of God’s actions.
In the passive voice, the Gospel writer tells us
- The stone had been rolled back
- and Jesus “had been raised”
This
technique in ancient literature is known as “divine passive voice.” It is obvious. There is no need to mention that God is the author of the actions.
A good lesson, a timely reminder for us.
We live in time of a pandemic. It is easy to get anxious, to worry, to even lose hope.
Like rolling back the stone for the women, certain things in life seem impossible..
We are tempted, and might have placed our hope in a certain person, political or worldly power, technology….
In the end, it’s not what we do. It’s not even our faith, or more often, the lack of it.
It is “the right hand of God that has struct with power” (Psalm 118, the Responsorial Psalm).
Jesus Christ has been raised from the dead.
It is God who gives us life and continues to sustains us.
Alleluia.
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