The Women Who Followed

Mary, called Magdalene,

Joanna the wife of Chuza,

and Susanna.

It wasn't just men who followed

on the dusty roads.

It's often

we think of the twelve,

we know them by name,

and forget who gathered with His mother

at the foot of the cross.

It's often

we think of the twelve,

their denials and betrayals,

and forget who witnessed the empty tomb

and the angel.

It is often

we think of Peter and John

running to the tomb,

discovering it empty,

and doubting

what Mary

had said.

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