ROME – Presiding over the Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday night Pope Francis drew particular attention to the concerns of the women who went to Jesus’s tomb after his crucifixion to anoint his body.
He focused on how they were worried about the stone that would be blocking them from getting to the tomb. And yet, the Pope noted, when the women arrived, they discovered that the stone had already been rolled back.
The stone, he explained, was “an overwhelming obstacle” which symbolised “what the women felt in their hearts”. He said it represented “the end of their hopes, now dashed by the obscure and sorrowful mystery that put an end to their dreams”.
