Daily Retreat 07/22/06
2006 Jul 22 Sat: Mary Magdalene, disciple of the Lord M
Mi 2: 1-5/ Ps 9(10): 1-2. 3-4. 7-8. 14 or
Sg 3:1-4 or 2 Cor 5:14-17/Ps 62(63): 2.3-4.5-6.8-9/ Jn 20: 1-2. 11-18
>From today’s readings: “Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches.... Do not forget the poor, O Lord!... On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.”
St. Mary Magdalene
While there are a number of things that the Gospels relate about St. Mary Magdalene, on this, her feastday, the Church focuses our attention on her Easter faithfulness: “On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.” All four Gospels, in fact, mention that Mary Magdalene was among the first to discover the empty tomb.
She came to the tomb, not because she even dared hope for the Lord’s Resurrection (the empty tomb initially just made her heartbroken and distraught) , but because she had a holy and undying, “clinging” love for Jesus, even though she had witnessed His crucifixion and death. And so, she found Him anew!
And this is the faithful love we must strive to show our risen Savior as well! Especially when faced with distressing confusion and bitter disappointments in our own lives, you and I can do no better than to follow Magdalene’s example of going as early as possible to the place where the Lord is to be found!
Mi 2: 1-5/ Ps 9(10): 1-2. 3-4. 7-8. 14 or
Sg 3:1-4 or 2 Cor 5:14-17/Ps 62(63): 2.3-4.5-6.8-9/ Jn 20: 1-2. 11-18
>From today’s readings: “Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches.... Do not forget the poor, O Lord!... On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.”
St. Mary Magdalene
While there are a number of things that the Gospels relate about St. Mary Magdalene, on this, her feastday, the Church focuses our attention on her Easter faithfulness: “On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb.” All four Gospels, in fact, mention that Mary Magdalene was among the first to discover the empty tomb.
She came to the tomb, not because she even dared hope for the Lord’s Resurrection (the empty tomb initially just made her heartbroken and distraught) , but because she had a holy and undying, “clinging” love for Jesus, even though she had witnessed His crucifixion and death. And so, she found Him anew!
And this is the faithful love we must strive to show our risen Savior as well! Especially when faced with distressing confusion and bitter disappointments in our own lives, you and I can do no better than to follow Magdalene’s example of going as early as possible to the place where the Lord is to be found!
posted by FrPitstick | 7/21/2006
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