Happy Easter

As Christians, today is a day of celebration. We celebrate the rising from the dead of our Lord, Jesus Christ. We humbly thank him for taking the awful punishment of our sins onto himself. By the grace of God, I am saved. By the blood and sacrifice of Jesus Christ, I am washed clean of sin.

As a woman, this glorious day has a special meaning for me also: My savior chose to appear to women (or a woman) at the Resurrection. He gave them the instructions to spread the word of His rising. The Good News was first given to women and they were made the first of the disciples. Beings that were treated as mere property, or less, were trusted by God to tell this magnificent news. And even though they were not believed, they fulfilled their commission as commanded by Jesus.


Matthew 28
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. "Greetings," he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."


Mark 16: 9-11
9 When Jesus rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had driven seven demons. 10 She went and told those who had been with him and who were morning and weeping. 11 When they heard that Jesus was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.

Luke 24
9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others. 10 It was Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles. 11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense. 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

John 20
13 They asked her, "Women, why are you crying?" "They have taken my Lord away," she said, "and I don't know where they have put him." 14 At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
12 "Woman," he said, "why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?" Thinking he was the gardener, she said, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him."
16 Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, "Rabboni!" (which means Teacher)
17 Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
18 Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them that he had said these things to her.



May you know the peace of forgiveness and the grace of God.
Have a blessed Easter.
KDH Catt