They Clasped His Feet

 Matthew 28: 8-15

⁸ So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. ⁹ Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”

The Guards’ Report

¹¹ While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had happened. ¹² When the chief priests had met with the elders and devised a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money, ¹³ telling them, “You are to say, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ ¹⁴ If this report gets to the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” ¹⁵ So the soldiers took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story has been widely circulated among the Jews to this very day.

What would my reaction have been if the Risen Jesus appeared to me after I had discovered the empty tomb?  I would be on the ground with the women, clasping and kissing his feet.  My beloved lives! All that he promised came true.  Would I ever doubt again?

This week is an on-going reflection on the Resurrection; let us use the time to let it's meaning, and particularly the Presence of Jesus, penetrate our hearts, minds, and thinking,  and cast away the fears that keep creeping into our lives. He has risen as he said; may doubts and fears disappear, even as we look ahead at the tasks before us this day.  All shall be well!

Bro. Rene