Why Are You Weeping? - Easter Sunrise April 1, 2018

“Why are you weeping?” the angels ask Mary.  And she answers with the facts – because they have taken away my Lord and I do not know where they have put him.  But it seems the answer isn’t good enough, because Jesus asks her the same question in his guise as the gardener.  He’s standing right there, so he’s obviously heard her first answer.  But he asks again, “Why are you weeping?”  This time she doesn’t bother answering at all, because she thinks this man is only a gardener.  She moves right past his question to what she wants to know:  What have you done with Jesus’ body? But what would have happened instead if she had taken the time to answer his question?  What would have happened if she had pondered why she was weeping?  Read the full sermon here: