Tuesday – St. Mary Magdalene

St Mary Magdalene is a disciple of Jesus according to the New Testament.

Invitation

May I hereby draw your attention to
the daily reading of the Gospel?

This invitation wants to share with You the joy
of the Gospel. Everyone, no one excepted,
can experience that joy by opening their hearts
to the healing power of God’s word.

Available every day.

CONSIDERATION
In the Eastern Church, people have always clearly kept Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany and the sinner who anointed the feet in Luke apart. In the West, since Gregory the Great, people have started confusing the three. Mary Magdalene was from Magdala (on the western shore of Lake Tiberias). She was, according to Luke, a severely possessed person and was healed by Jesus. She cared for Him, along with some other women. She followed Him to the cross, was concerned with His burial and embalming and is considered one of the privileged witnesses of the resurrection. She must communicate the news to the others (Jn 20:17-18). She was therefore later revered highly as a saint.

FIRST READING     Highl. 3, 1-4a

I found my soulmate!

From the Song of Songs

Thus speaks the bride:

“At night on my bed I seek my soulmate,
but however I search, I do not find him.
“I rise, traverse the city,
search in squares and streets for my soulmate,
but however I search, I do not find him.
There I come across the guards who cross the city:
‘Hast thou seen my soulmate?
“Hardly have I passed them ,
or there I find my soulmate!”

INTERLUDIUM              Ps. 63(62), 2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9

To You, Lord, my soul thirsts and my heart yearns.

God, my God be Thou,
i seek Thee with great longing.
To Thee my soul thirsts and my heart yearns
like barren fields for rain.

Thus I look up to the place where Thou dost dwell,
i contemplate Thy power and Thy glory.
More worthy than life is Thy mercy to me,
my mouth proclaims Thy praise.

I will praise Thee as long as I live,
stretch out my hands to You.
My soul will be satiated with nourishing food,
my mouth shall thank Thee jubilantly.

For Thou hast always been my protector,
i bask under Thy wings.
With all my heart I cling to Thee,
it is thy hand that sustains me.

ALLELUIA

Alleluia.
Tell us, Mary,
what hast thou seen on the road?
The tomb of Christ that was empty,
the glory of Him who is risen.
Alleluia.

GOSPEL              John 20, 1.11-18

Woman, why dost thou weep? Whom do you seek?

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 – to the tomb
and saw that the stone of the tomb had been rolled away.
Outside by the tomb she stood weeping,
and while crying she bent down to the grave
and saw in the place where Jesus’ body had lain,
sat two angels dressed in white,
one at the head and one at the foot.
They addressed her:
“Woman, why do you weep?”
She replied:
“They have taken away my Lord
and I do not know where they have put Him.”
When she had said this, she turned around
and saw Jesus standing, but without knowing that it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her:
“Woman, why do you weep?
“Whom seek ye?”
Thinking it was the gardener, she asked:
“Lord, if thou hast taken Him away ,
tell me where you have laid Him
so that I can take Him away.”
At that, Jesus said to her:
“Mary!”
She turned and said to Him in Hebrew :
“Rabboeni!”
which means teacher.
Then Jesus spoke:
“Do not hold 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,
to my God and your God.”
Mary Magdalene went to report to the disciples
that she had seen the Lord,
and what He had told her.

To be continued
Every morning at 1 am

The Bible text in this edition is taken from The New Bible Translation,
©Dutch Bible Society 2004/2007.
Considerations from Liturgical suggestions for weekdays and Sundays
Laudato Si english translation

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