The tomb was empty of her

Tomb was not an unfamiliar place for Mary Magdalene.

Can 'the Lord' be contained in such a tomb weighed under darkness?
Mary looked into the tomb, into her own death once she carried, the tormentations she has been suffering...
lifeless darkness, painful burden, crushing her conscious thoughts, and strangulating life-spirit.
Mary looked into the tomb,
The tomb was empty of her.

Emptiness...

The Lord had made her his own, "you are mine."
"Yes, Lord, You are mine."
Love called her out, and the Apostle to the apostles was created.

Thomas the Apostle

Thomas was not the Way, but a pilgrim on the way just as John the baptizer was not the Word but a voice crying out in the wilderness. Thomas was on the way just like any other disciple to the ultimate confession, 'my Lord and God.' In John's gospel everyone, one way or the other, go through a growth; some in their fear of shame, some in darkness, some in blindness, some in thirst, some in the cruelty of death come to him for a light of hope. Everyone needs to walk through a certain difficulty of 'unbelief' yet an irresistible need for the Messiah.