Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-23

book, Jesus and His lines, by henFy Uonie-N ops'
received from the Master Himself, they were
able to give a reply.
There was very early apostolic tradition.
which st. Paul seems to have known and
which Is reported by st. Peter, that the soul
Of Jesus, after His expiring cry, did not rise
up released to the Father, but continuing
Its task of salvation, descended into hell
where the souls of those who had died in
former times lay waiting deliverance.
The Sabbath ended at shutdown on Satur-
day and then, without breaking the law,
men could come and go as they pleased
and perhaps, If it were still possible, come
to pay their respects to the body which.
the evening before, had been so hastily
deposited in the tomb.
The Marys, Salome, Joanna the wife OF
Chusa went up to the sepulcher, still over
Swallowed by the events of the previous two
days, uneasy and miserable.
Had Conquered Fear
They had conquered their fear, but they
had need OF all their courage for, as they
went along the road, at daybreak, there was
another earth tremor and a sound like the
rolling of thunder, close at hand, almost
as II 1t came from Jerusalem.
Among these heroic women, all the ac-
counts without exception give first place to
Mary Magdalene, the woman from Magdala,
from whom Jesus cast out seven devils and
who had since then devoted her life to Him
She seems to have gone ahead faster than
the others, driven perhaps by faith and an
irrational hope. Behind her came another
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Joanna
Arriving at the tomb, they found it open.
"They found the stone rolled away from the
sepulcher," says st. Luke, and that the body
was not lying in the niche inside.
The holy women were aStounded by the
disappearance of the body and realizing
that the guards were no longer there, they
were frightened too.
Mary Magdalene, who seems to have been
the most agile Zone thinks OF her as the
youngest), ran to give the news to the
disciples.
In Shining Garments
The others stayed there, either inside or
Just outside the tomb, very uneasy, when
"two men stood before them in shining
garments And as they were afraid and
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said unto them, Whyyseek ye The livlng
among the dead? He Is not here but is
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Meanwhile the Magdalene had found the
disciples and told them what had happened
Then the others came back, naturally In
state of intense excitement, with their story.
It was as the women had said; the grave
clothes lay on the ground, the stone was
rolled away Peter now came up and saw
the same. In a corner of the tomb, the
napkin which had covered the face of Jesus
lay folded.
The sepucher was deserted now. No, not
quite, for the Magdalene fingered that
overpowering love which had brought her
there the first kept her from going away.
She heard someone behind her, man.
He asked Woman, why weepest thou?"
Thinking that perhaps he was one Of the
gardeners attached to the cemetery, she
replied, "Sir, If thou have borne Him hence,
tell me where thou has lain Him, and will
take Him away"
Then the unknown man spoke one WORD,
"Mary," and she looked at Him transfixed
Then, running toward Him, she cried out,