Mary Magdalene is a disciple of Jesus according to the New Testament
Invitation
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The daily reading of the Gospel
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Consideration
In the Eastern Church, people have always made a clear distinction between Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany and the sinner who anointed the feet in Luke. In the West, since Gregory the Great, people have come to confuse the three. Mary Magdalene was from Magdala (on the western shore of the Lake of Tiberias). According to Luke, she was severely possessed and was healed by Jesus. She cared for him, along with other women. She followed him to the cross, arranged for his burial and embalming, and is considered one of the privileged witnesses of the resurrection. She must pass on the news to others (Jn 20:17-18). For this reason, she was later revered as a saint.
FIRST READING Highl. 3, 1-4a
I have found my soulmate
From the Song of Songs
Thus speaks the bride
“At night, on my bed, I search for my soulmate,
But however hard I search, I cannot find him.
“I get up, I go through the city
I search in squares and streets for my soulmate,
But no matter how hard I look, I can’t find him.
There I meet the guards walking through the city:
‘Have you seen my soulmate?
“I have barely passed them ,
Or there I find my soulmate”.
INTERLUDIUM Ps 63(62), 2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
My soul thirsts for Thee, O Lord, and my heart longs for Thee.
My God, be Thou,
I seek Thee with great longing.
To Thee my soul thirsts and my heart longs
Like barren fields for rain.
Thus I look to the place where You dwell,
I behold Thy power and Thy glory.
Worthier than life is Your mercy to me,
my mouth proclaims Your praise.
I will praise Thee as long as I live,
I will stretch out my hands to Thee.
My soul shall be satiated with nourishing food,
my mouth shall thank Thee joyfully.
For You have always been my protector,
I take refuge under Your wings.
With all my heart I cling to You,
it is Your hand that holds me.
HALLELUYA
Alleluia.
Tell us, Mary,
what did you see on the road?
The tomb of Christ that was empty,
the glory of Him who rose.
Alleluia.
GOSPEL John 20, 1.11-18
Woman, why dost thou weep? Whom seekest thou?
From the holy gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to
John
On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came
early in the morning – it was still dark – and came to the tomb, and saw the stone of the tomb
and saw that the stone of the tomb had been rolled away.
Outside by the tomb she was weeping,
and weeping he bent towards the grave
and saw that in the place where Jesus’ body had been lying
sat two angels dressed in white,
one at the head and one at the foot.
They spoke to her:
“Woman, why are you crying?”.
She replied:
“They have taken away my Lord
and I don’t know where they have left him.
As she was saying this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing
and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her
“Woman, why are you crying?
“Who are you looking for?”
Thinking it was the gardener, she asked:
“Lord, if You have taken him away ,
then tell me where You have left him
so that I can take him with me.
At that, Jesus said to her:
“Mary!”
She turned around and said to him in Hebrew:
“Rabboeni!”
which means teacher.
Then Jesus spoke:
“Do not stop me
for I have not yet ascended to my Father ,
but go to my brothers and say to them
I ascend to my Father and your Father
and to my God and your God.
Mary Magdalene went to tell the disciples that she had seen the Lord.
That she had seen the Lord
and what he had said to her.
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Continued
Every morning at 1 am
The Bible text in this edition is from the New Bible Translation,
© Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap 2004/2007.
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