Thursday 31 March 2016

Year C - Easter (Vigil)

(The readings in bold are advised, the others are optional)

1st Reading: Genesis 1.1 – 2.2     Psalm 103/32
2nd Reading: Genesis 22.1-18      Psalm 15
3rd Reading:Exodus 14.15 – 15.1     Exodus 15.1-8 / Psalm 135
4th Reading: Isaiah 54.5-14     Psalm 29
5rd Reading: Isaiah 55.1-11     Isaiah 12.2…6
­6th Reading: Baruch 3.9-15.32     Psalm 18
7th Reading:Ezekiel 36.16…28     Psalm 41/50
Reading: Romans 6,1-11     Psalm 117
Gospel: Luke 24,1-12



To go further
-Details

-The women approach the tomb and see the empty shroud from far.
-The simple word from Jesus "Back soon" alludes to his second coming, at the end of time, but also to when he appears before his disciples the same day. The piece of paper is yellow, the colour of the sun, just as are the words "alive" and "resurrected", in contrast with the word "dead", which is grey as a tomb.
The note is facing towards the reader, i.e. you. Which is to say that, from the staircase, the women see the note in profile (and seen in profile one needs very good eyesight to see it properly). This paper represents the revelation; some see it clearly because it is their gift, others try to see it, and some others do not even see it at all.
One last thing concerning the note; to see what it written upon it, one must dare to enter in the tomb, otherwise you will pass right by it.

Questions

-And I, dare I enter in the mystery of the revelation?
-Do I try to understand? Do I drink in faith without reflecting upon it?
-Do I scan and scrutinise the scriptures just as the lady on the left?
-Do I place my warm-coloured basket on the ground, to see the note "Back soon", with an even more dazzling colour?