“Where’s Waldo?”
Rev. Bob Griffin

Old Testament reading: Psalm 118:15b-26

“The Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!

    The Lord’s right hand is lifted high;
    the Lord’s right hand has done mighty things!”

I will not die but live,
    and will proclaim what the Lord has done.

The Lord has chastened me severely,
    but he has not given me over to death.

Open for me the gates of the righteous;
    I will enter and give thanks to the Lord.

This is the gate of the Lord
    through which the righteous may enter.

I will give you thanks, for you answered me;
    you have become my salvation.

The stone the builders rejected
    has become the cornerstone;

the Lord has done this,
    and it is marvelous in our eyes.

The Lord has done it this very day;
    let us rejoice today and be glad.

Lord, save us!
    Lord, grant us success!

Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
    From the house of the Lord we bless you.

New Testament reading: Mark 16:1-8

When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they might go to anoint Jesus’ body.  Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they were on their way to the tomb and they asked each other, “Who will roll the stone away from the entrance of the tomb?”

But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side, and they were alarmed.

“Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him.  But go, tell his disciples and Peter, ‘He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told you.’”

Trembling and bewildered, the women went out and fled from the tomb.
They said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid.