Early on Easter morning, at the very instant when the holy soul of Christ re-entered and revived His sacred body in the sepulcher, Mary experienced a mystical ecstasy in which her grief and sorrow were transmuted into ineffable joy and bliss. Just at that moment, after knocking, St. John stepped into her oratory, and finding her in the midst of a heavenly splendor and utterly transfigured with supernatural exultation, he understood that the Lord had just arisen from the tomb. Meanwhile the glorious body and soul of the Redeemer came forth from the holy sepulcher shining with all the brilliance of His divinity, and the risen Lord immediately showed Himself to His Blessed Mother, together with all the saints and patriarchs of the Old Testament. He was clothed in a long, white robe with a mantle that waved gently in the breeze as he advanced, reflecting all the colors of the rainbow, while His large wounds sparkled brightly. Mary prostrated herself on the ground and humbly worshiped her resurrected Son until He took her hand, raised her, and drew her to Himself in a marvelous mystical embrace. Then in an ecstasy of fervent joy and love she heard a Voice saying to her: "My beloved, come higher!" And at the same time she was given a more profound and intimate vision of the Divinity than she had ever had before. Next she turned to the holy patriarchs and the souls of the Blessed, and as they bowed before her, she recognized and spoke to her beloved parents, St. Ann and St. Joachim, her good husband St. Joseph, and her friend St. John the Baptist. All of them honored her as the Mother of the Redeemer of the world. And together they praised the Lord with hymns for His glorious victory over death, until He left them in order to show Himself to Mary Magdalen.
Alleluia, He is risen! Happy Easter to you all!!!
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| The Risen Christ, by Ambrogio de Stefano Borgognone, 1510 |
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