The Women at the Resurrection
The above is M. Chrisman's Easter Vigil fire pit. Today we are going to consider some questions regarding the women of the Resurrection. The Patristic answers will follow. How is it possible that the women had both joy and fear at the tomb? St. Jerome writes: "A twofold feeling possessed the minds of the women, fear and joy—fear at the greatness of the miracle, and joy in their desire for Him that was risen.” Why weren't the women going to the tomb to anoint Our Lord afraid of the Roman soldiers guarding it in the first place? Fr. Lapide gives a surprising answer: "It is very probable that they were [...]