Wounds [Easter 2C - John 20:19-31]
The Rt. Rev. Jeremiah Williamson John 20:19-31 Wounds Trinity, Gouverneur The disciples needed to see the wounds. They knew the stone was displaced and the tomb was empty – but that didn’t prove anything. Some of the disciples, men in that very locked room, had even seen the discarded linen wrappings, but they did not see any life. They had heard, and rejected, Mary’s startling testimony; she, they decided, was obviously sick with grief. They could not deny that fantastical rumors were buzzing, but rumors are not evidence. Impossible tales, unlikely explanations, were pestering their weary heads and their tender hearts – making things worse. Their pain was fresh; their fear was real; they were trying to survive without Jesus – trying to get used to this sad, new normal. They would not get their hopes up because high hopes crash hard. And so, they decided to play it safe: they simply would not believ...