Daily Reflection

“But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb;

“Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing

“He who shut in the depths is beheld dead, / Wrapped in fine linen and spices. / The

“He has no form nor comeliness; and we saw him, but he had no form nor beauty. But

“When he (Judas) had gone out, Jesus said, ‘Now is the Son of man glorified, and in him

“In envy the priests and scribes cunningly gathered a council against You, Saviour, moving Judas to betrayal. He

“Then the kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went out

“The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. But when the

“Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb; it was a cave, and a stone lay upon

“A haughty look, a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked are sin. The plans of the