Wednesday,
July 22, 2015
St. Mary Magdalene
1st Reading: Song 3:1-4
Gospel:
John 20:1-2, 11-18
On the first day after the Sabbath, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb (…) Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she bent down to look inside; she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, and the other at the feet. They said, “Woman, why are you weep ing?” She answered, “Because they have taken my Lord and I don’t know where they have put him.”
As she said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not recognize him. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” She thought it was the gardener and answered him, “Lord, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and remove him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him, “Rabboni” – which means, Master. Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me; you see I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them: I am ascending to my Father, who is your Father, to my God, who is your God.”
So Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord, and this is what he said to me.”
D@iGITAL EXPERIENCE
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
Closely similar to Mary Magdalene’s story is the story of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Annunciation.
Like Mary Magdalene an angel also appeared to the Blessed Virgin. Like Mary Magdalene who encountered the Lord, the Blessed Virgin also encountered the Lord, except that in her case the encounter happened in a most intimate manner inside her womb. Mary Magdalene’s encounter with the Lord happened at the mouth of the tomb while the Virgin Mary’s encounter with Him was inside her womb.
Experts in prose say that a good story is one that ends where it begins. The salvation story is one such good story. It began with an angel appearing to a certain Mary with a mission to carry out the plan of incarnation. This story ended with angels appearing to another Mary with a mission to spread the news of the resurrection. The similarity of its beginning and ending is God’s way of saying that the Incarnation was resurrection waiting to happen.
Mary Magdalene saw the empty tomb and presumed that Jesus’ body had been stolen. She was already at the heart of the resurrection event, yet grief tied her to the past, making her dwell on Calvary’s harrowing experience. But her story still served as good ending to the Incarnation story. As the Virgin Mary delivered the Word to the world, Mary of Magdala delivered the news of the resurrection of the Lord. – Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM. Email: [email protected]. Website: www.frdan.org.
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