MARY AND HER ENCOUNTER WITH HER LORD

 

3 April 2018 Easter Tuesday

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Today’s Gospel speaks about Mary at the empty tomb, and tells me so much about the state I must be in to recognise and to hear the Lord….

John 20:11-18:   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.

Mary encounters the Lord.

She comes away

She is alone

She weeps

She seeks

She asks

The Lord comes to her

She is confused

She sees

She listens

She speaks

The Lord reveals Himself to her

She is familiar with His voice

She recognises

She responds

She believes

The Lord instructs

She lets go

She obeys

She goes forth

She receives understanding and wisdom