This is VLX number 166, His own new tomb. We are in St. Matthew, Chapter 27, verses 57 to 66.

VLX stands for Video Lexi Divina, the Patricia Bible Study and Ignatian prayer series online.

God grant you his peace and nominate patrice, S Sifili, it's spiritu santi. Amen.

God, our Lord, we ask the grace that all of our intentions, actions, actions, be directed purely to

the service and praise of your divine majesty. Inomipachi, Sifili, it's spiritu santi. Amen.

When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked him for the body of Jesus.

Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. and Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean

linen shroud, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great

stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.

The next day, that is, after the day of preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered

before Pilate and said, Sir, we remember how that imposter said, while he was still alive,

after three days I will rise.

Therefore, order the tomb to be made secure until the third day,

lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people he has risen from the dead and the last fraud will be worse than the first.

Pilate said to them,

You have your guard of soldiers. Go go make it as secure as you can.

So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard.

Thus are the words of the Holy Gospel.

As you can probably guess, this is the last VLX of St. Matthew pertaining to the life of Jesus before his resurrection.

So if you're listening in real time, today's VLX works out perfectly that the resurrection VLX, the next one after this, will be during Easter week.

I think Easter Monday if we can keep up our production through Lent.

Now, if you remember in our last VLX, we discussed the mysterious saints who rose before Jesus did.

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