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My belief is that Mary most certainly DID go to Christ's Tomb...And this is recorded clear as day in the Bible!

I could use a little help here. None of the Four Gospels mention Mary the Mother of our Lord going to the tomb. Maybe I'm just a night owl like all the early Fathers of the Church, so I'll need you to show me the Scriptural reference for this.

p.s. you should know by now that the made-up "traditions" of the Roman Catholic Church hold ZERO WATER with Christians.

Did you mistype? Is that BS or PS?

I'm not aware of any "made-up traditions".

P.S. Catholics ARE Christians! (The originals, in fact)

P.P.S. As to the rest of your wonderfully erudite comments, neither I, or any others (I think), on this thread can authoritatively or infallibly speak for the Catholic Church. Not everybody, including myself, is a bona fide historian, archaeologist, theologian, Scriptural exegete, etc. I can only speak for myself, but I think others would agree, sometimes we all make mistakes. Then again, maybe that "Shiva" thing is true. Chill out. It's just a stupid thread on FR supposedly about a box with bones.

My belief? Noting that I don't think the Church has bound anybody to this particular analysis, and noting that the Holy Scriptures CLEARLY don't indicate that the Mother of our Lord was at the tomb that first morning, I believe she wasn't there because she KNEW He would Rise form the dead, and in fact already did so and saw her. This is consistant with what a LOVING Son, particular if He is God, would do. The Scriptures are silent, one way or the other, on this point.

I believe she wasn't there because she KNEW He would Rise form the dead,

Wait a second. A few POSTS ago, catholic freepers were "correcting" me in no uncertain terms that the reason Mary didn't visit the Tomb was because she was deep in mourning and sitting shiva, and unable to leave her house.

Wha'happened to THAT? :-)

I could use a little help here. None of the Four Gospels mention Mary the Mother of our Lord going to the tomb.

Ok, first some "setup"...

Mar 6:3 Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.

Now, for the "Tomb" verses...

Mar 15:40 There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome;

Luk 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary [the mother] of James, and other [women that were] with them, which told these things unto the apostles.

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Please read this along with post # 391, regarding how many "James's" there were.