So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. Notice, please, that it’s “fear and great joy.” Not just “great joy,” which is more likely what we would have expected. That is, when we think about the women coming to the tomb on that first Easter...

As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,
”See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight.’” John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a...