Then the women went out and fled from the tomb, seized with trembling and bewilderment. They said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. (Mark 16:8)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/16
The Gospel of Mark actually ends with the above verse, 16:8. The gospel writer puts the burden of telling the Good News of the Resurrection on the READERS (or rather the HEARERS) of the gospel. The women say nothing to anyone for fear . . . so the disciples and Peter won’t know what has happened unless WE tell them. The gospel writer’s intention was misunderstood by the church and so there were several attempts to write “endings” to the gospel. See the footnotes to the chapter in your Bibles or click on this link https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/16. The gospel writer simply wants us to be responsible for spreading the good news! We pray for Ukraine.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Saturday in the Octave of Easter
