We’ve witnessed the stripping of the altars on Holy Thursday and felt the emptiness of the sanctuaries as the Blessed Sacrament was removed from tabernacles in perhaps the starkest moment of our liturgies.
She hears, upon that water without a sound, a voice that cries, ‘The tomb in Palestine is not the porch of spirits lingering. It is the grave of Jesus where He lay…’”
Somber words. One should say, inappropriate words for Easter Sunday.