“"Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the tomb?" And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; for it was very large."
Reflection:
Do we feel like there is a large inner ‘stone’ blocking us from Christ? Do we feel stuck in our relationship with Christ?
For many people, Jesus seems to be buried in their hearts as if in a tomb. He is covered by the heavy stone of mistakes, ignorance, of indifference, of bad habits accumulated over years.(1) The ‘stone’ becomes larger the longer we do not keep ourselves accountable.
We may not always know what the inner-obstacle is that is blocking our way to Christ, that is why we reach out to the priest, seek out Holy Confession.
Like the Myrrh-Bearing Women, we can make the first move, we can get up; we can set out, allowing Faith and hope to guide us.(2)
When we choose to seek out Christ in the Church through the sacraments, we too will find the ‘stone’ rolled away for us; our burdens lifted, our stresses eased because we have approached and invited Christ into our hearts in the most unique and significant ways He gifted us.
As we approach the removal of the ‘stone’ from our hearts, let us remember to also bring ‘myrrh’: our good deeds, love for one another, prayer-life, sacrifices, and giving of ourselves.
Our virtue is our myrrh that we bring to the tomb of Christ, so that we may ask for the ‘stone’ to be rolled away. For without God’s help through the sacraments we are unable to remove it ourselves.
