Apr 30, 2023
St Paul Naples Podcast
April 30, 2023
Sunday of the Myrth-Bearing Women
Saint Paul Antiochian Orthodox Church, Naples Fl
Fr Paul Girgis, Parish Priest
Mark 15:43-47; 16:1-8
At that time, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the
council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took
courage and went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. And
Pilate wondered if he were already dead; and summoning the
centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. And when he
learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to
Joseph. And he bought a linen shroud, and taking him down, wrapped
him in the linen shroud, and laid him in a tomb which had been hewn
out of the rock; and he rolled a stone against the door of the
tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was
laid.
And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother
of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might go and
anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week they went
to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they were saying to one
another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the door of the
tomb?" And looking up, they saw that the stone was rolled back; for
it was very large. And entering the tomb, they saw a young man
sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe; and they were
amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you seek Jesus of
Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen, he is not here; see the
place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter
that he is going before you to Galilee; there you will see him, as
he told you." And they went out and fled from the tomb; for
trembling and astonishment had come upon them; and they said
nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.