This morning’s Gospel picks up where Easter left off.

Mary Magdalene: “I have seen the Lord.”

But they don’t respond with joy. They lock the doors.

They’re afraid—of the authorities, yes. But maybe also of what Mary’s words could mean.

To the Romans, Jesus was an insurrectionist.

To the religious leaders, a blasphemer.

To the disciples, he had been everything—and they had failed him…