Holy Week, pt 4: EASTER SUNDAY, March
31, 2013... from Jehanne de Quillan's THE GOSPEL OF THE BELOVED COMPANION:
40:3 NOW ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK,
MIRYAM THE MIGDALAH WENT EARLY, WHILE IT WAS STILL DARK, TO THE TOMB AND SAW
THE STONE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE ENTRANCE.
40:4 STOOPING AND LOOKING IN, SHE SAW
THAT THE TOMB WAS EMPTY AND THE LINEN CLOTHS SCATTERED WHERE THE BODY HAD BEEN
LAID. YET SHE DID NOT ENTER IN, BUT REMAINED STANDING OUTSIDE AT THE TOMB,
WEEPING. AND HEARING A NOISE, SHE TURNED
AROUND AND SAW A FIGURE STANDING CLOSE BY. BECAUSE OF HER WEEPING, SHE DID NOT
KNOW THAT IT WAS YESHUA.
40:5 THEN YESHUA SAID TO HER, “WOMAN,
WHY ARE YOU WEEPING? WHO ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?”
SHE, SUPPOSING HIM TO BE THE GARDENER, SAID TO HIM, “SIR, IF YOU OR
ANOTHER HAVE CARRIED HIM AWAY, TELL ME WHERE HE IS LAID, AND I WILL GO AND TAKE
HIM AWAY.” YESHUA SAID TO HER, “MIRYAM.” SHE TURNED AND, OVERCOME WITH JOY, SAID TO
HIM, “RABBOUNI!”
40:6 YESHUA SAID TO HER, “MIRYAM, DO
NOT HOLD TO ME, FOR I AM NOT OF THE FLESH, YET NEITHER AM I ONE WITH THE
SPIRIT; BUT RATHER GO TO MY DISCIPLES AND TELL THEM YOU HAVE SEEN ME, SO THAT
ALL MAY KNOW THAT MY WORDS ARE TRUE, AND THAT ANY WHO SHOULD CHOOSE TO BELIEVE
THEM AND KEEP TO MY COMMANDMENTS WILL FOLLOW ME ON THEIR LAST DAY.”
++++ HAPPY EASTER, EVERYONE ++++