GOSPEL: Mark 16:1-8

Reading:  And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.   And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun.   And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre?   And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great.   And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.   And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him.   But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you.   And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.

Commentary: By the appearance of the angels in the tomb to the women, we see God's good work and mercy, for they needed to be convinced with their eyes, what they should have already believed in their heart by the witness of the Word.  Yet the Word tells us today the same witness of the angels, "Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him."  Having a witness from angels, we ought to believe.  Let us thus remember the good words of Jesus to Thomas, " Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."  Truly, the Word of God you have in your Bibles is a better witness of the truth than any newspaper, or witness of men spoken today, therefore "Lord to whom shall we go?  Thou hast the words of eternal life."