While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in dazzling garments appeared to them. They were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground.
They said to them, "Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised. Remember what he said to you while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners and be crucified, and rise on the third day."
And they remembered his words.
I love this reading from the Gospel of Luke. "Why do you seek the living one among the dead?" The angels say this so obviously and I always imagine a tinge of condescension in their voices. "Oh, you delightful, poor little humans...weren't you listening to anything he said?" Of course, then the visitors to the grave remember (having been given a word-for-word reminder) and the world is forever changed. It's like the Big Bang happened all over again and the world is remade with Jesus' resurrection. Hallelujah! He is Risen!
Have a joyous, blessed Easter my friends!
