Mary Magdalene epitomizes love in action for the Lord our God. She was present at His crucifixion and also when they laid Him in the tomb. And now, in the early morning, she is at his tomb seeking the Lord.
She did not know that our Lord would be resurrected. But out of deep love for Him, she probably went to pray at His tomb. She was distraught when she found his tomb opened and his body missing. She was comforted only when our Lord called out to her. How deep is our own love for the Lord our God? Do we cry out, to Him “For You my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God.”
Perhaps that is why Mary Magdalene was the first to witness the resurrected Lord. In our personal relationship with Him, He will surely be present to us. In our rising, in our sleeping, in our trials, and tribulations. For we truly cannot love Him more than how much He loves us.
Thank you, Jesus, for loving me.
Amen.
Saint Mary Magdalen – Feast
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First reading
Song of Songs 3:1-4
I found him whom my heart loves
The bride says this:
On my bed, at night, I sought him
whom my heart loves.
I sought but did not find him.
So I will rise and go through the City;
in the streets and in the squares
I will seek him whom my heart loves.
I sought but did not find him.
The watchmen came upon me
on their rounds in the City:
‘Have you seen him whom my heart loves?’
Scarcely had I passed them
when I found him whom my heart loves.
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Gospel
John 20:1-2,11-18
‘Mary, go and find the brothers and tell them’
It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb’ she said ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’
Meanwhile Mary stayed outside near the tomb, weeping. Then, still weeping, she stooped to look inside, and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet. They said, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ ‘They have taken my Lord away’ she replied ‘and I don’t know where they have put him.’ As she said this she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not recognise him. Jesus said, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said, ‘Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and remove him.’ Jesus said, ‘Mary!’ She knew him then and said to him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbuni!’ – which means Master. Jesus said to her, ‘Do not cling to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and find the brothers, and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ So Mary of Magdala went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her.
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