If I may bud in. You are right in saying that it is odd that the Mother of our Lord was not present early that first day of the week as the Holy Scriptures attest to. It is a case where silence os golden. The ancient oral Tradition of the Fathers of the Church shows the belief that Mary, the Mother of God, did not show up because she knew Christ was going to Resurrect from the dead! In fact she would have been the first person whom Jesus showed Himself to. Is it recorded in the Holy Scriptures? No. Does the Holy Scriptures deny this? No.
If you wanted to play games with this, I'll just say that, truth be told, the Holy Scriptures do not record the Resurrection! This most important event is not recorded! It is recorded that He did Rise, but the event itself isn't recorded. Therefore, when seen in this light, the above statement about Mary not showing up at the tomb is sound belief. Sacred Tradition (not to be confused with human traditions) and Holy Scripture are both the Word of God and cannot contradict one another. They complement one another!
And this is recorded clear as day in the Bible! The fascinating thing about it is: while her visit to the Tomb is clear and visible to Christians from the Scriptures, it is completely INVISIBLE to Roman Catholics reading the same exact Scriptures!
p.s. you should know by now that the made-up "traditions" of the Roman Catholic Church hold ZERO WATER with Christians. You guys should all truly know that by now.
The fact the y'all need to go completely outside of the Bible to come up with rationales to believe in RCism, speaks volumes in itself.
First you guys try the "she was sitting shiva" excuse. Then, when that collapses, now it's "Christ told her He would be resurrected so she was off the hook to care for His corpse". After that collapses, RCC spinners will quickly come up with a THIRD alibi.
Anything but believe what the Bible clearly says.