Paula Huston reflects on today’s verse and brings us back to what was occurring after the death and resurrection of Jesus. People had questions as many do to this very day. Did the angel roll back the stone and sit on it, or was he inside the tomb when Mary Magdalene and the other Mary arrived? Were there, in fact, two angels? And how did the women respond to the news that Jesus had been raised from the dead? With joy? Terror? Bewilderment? Did they rush off to tell the other disciples, or were they struck dumb? If our belief in the resurrection is based on whether or not the details of the empty tomb scene line up precisely in the four Gospel accounts, then we’ve got a problem. Yet Christianity itself depends on whether or not this story is true. And two thousand years later, we cannot return to that historical period and interview the witnesses. What we can know, however, is whether Christ lives on today. Do we experience Him in His Word and the Holy Eucharist? Do we hear Him speaking into the depths of our souls? Do we see Him at work through the deeds of those who have devoted their lives to Him? Is he slowly changing us from one kind of person into another? Here, in our own lives, is where we either find proof of the resurrection or we don’t. If we passionately desire Christ’s presence, He will come. If we genuinely desire to know Him, He will open our eyes to the invisible divine reality that grounds our physical existence.