Lectionary Readings: Year A, Christmas III Every time we have a Eucharist – a communion service – the Deacon and I hold up the elements, and I say, “The Gifts of God, for the people of God. Take them in remembrance that Christ died for you, and feed on him in your hearts, by faith,…
Imagine the amount of fear and dread that the disciples would be facing when they realized that Jesus’ body was missing.
Imagine the questions that must have come through their minds at first with the most obvious one being: Did we come to the right tomb?
First they question themselves, and then, in anger, they question others.
The paralyzed man stood up, picked up his bed, and walked away. And all those present were filled with awe and amazement, and they said, “We have seen strange things today.” After having been told that the people were filled with amazement and awe, and were glorifying God, these people then said what amounts to, “Yup. That was weird.”