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Wishing all families a blessed, peaceful, and joyful Easter break filled with the light of the Risen Lord.

Thank you to all families that contributed to the Project Compassion this term.

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Scripture Reflection 

John 20:1-9

Easter Sunday

Gospel Reflection

There is nothing more harrowing than grief — a grief that consumes and debilitates you. Is there any other kind?

Those who suffer grief will tell you there is no such thing as shallow grief or gentle grief. Grief has one defining characteristic: it almost kills you. Mary’s grief was all-consuming. Being drawn to Jesus’ tomb while it was still dark was a fearless act. All she wanted was Jesus back. In our own grief, that is what we long for too — what we have lost.

In that moment of personal grief and confusion, everything the Lord had taught about his dying and rising from the dead seemed forgotten. The empty tomb only reinforced for Mary the belief that Jesus’ ministry had failed: not only was he dead, but now his body was missing as well. It could not get any worse.

Peter was the first to go inside the tomb. What he saw silenced him. It was both orderly and mysterious. The linen cloths lay on the ground, yet the cloth that had covered Jesus’ head was neatly rolled up and placed apart from the others. We will never know exactly how it happened, but what we do know is this: there had been movement inside the tomb. Something had changed — and no one knew how. The tomb was truly empty.

It takes a certain emptiness to encounter an empty tomb. It takes a heart emptied of confusion and despair so that it can be recalibrated and made new. The empty tomb marked a beginning. Everything would start again, built anew from the ground up. Jesus ensured that the new tomb would be emptied so that the Reign of God could begin.

Here lies the irony: the tomb was not empty at all. It was filled with God’s love and power — a promise that death would never have the final word. God would.

And so it is with us. Death is not the final word. Hope is.

By Rachele Tullio