For 27 December 2018, Feast of Saint John, Apostle, Evangelist, based on John 20:1a,2-8
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.†Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Rosemary Rushwaya, OP
Sr. Rosemary is a member of the Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, based in Zimbabwe. She has ministered in Zimbabwe in high school education, formation, and justice and peace. She has been involved in administration at different levels in Dominican Schools and in her religious Congregation. She is currently the Principal of Dominican Convent Bulawayo
27 Dec 2018
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Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.†Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed;
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
About Rosemary Rushwaya, OP
Sr. Rosemary is a member of the Dominican Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart, based in Zimbabwe. She has ministered in Zimbabwe in high school education, formation, and justice and peace. She has been involved in administration at different levels in Dominican Schools and in her religious Congregation. She is currently the Principal of Dominican Convent Bulawayo