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GOSPEL POWER - APRIL 6, 2021 - EASTER TUESDAY
GOSPEL POWER - APRIL 6, 2021 - EASTER TUESDAY
Gospel: Jn 20:11-18
Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her.
REFLECTION
Jesus does not prohibit Mary Magdalene from touching him or clutching at him physically. He is not denying her a gesture that can be therapeutic in her grief. “Holding on to me” refers to the Master-disciple relationship they had before the Paschal events. For Mary’s use of the customary address “Rabbouni” implies that she expects a return to the former relationship. Jesus did not resurrect simply to continue his ministry on earth. For he has to go back to the Father. His glorification, which necessarily includes death and resurrection, will be complete only when he ascends back to where he came from. Here he indicates that his death and resurrection have effected a change in the relationship with his disciples, for he now calls them “brothers,” and his Father and God is now also the disciples’ Father and God.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, help us not to cling to old ways but to be open to the transforming power of your resurrection. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER - APRIL 6, 2021 - EASTER TUESDAY
Gospel: Jn 20:11-18
Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you looking for?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, “Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her.
REFLECTION
Jesus does not prohibit Mary Magdalene from touching him or clutching at him physically. He is not denying her a gesture that can be therapeutic in her grief. “Holding on to me” refers to the Master-disciple relationship they had before the Paschal events. For Mary’s use of the customary address “Rabbouni” implies that she expects a return to the former relationship. Jesus did not resurrect simply to continue his ministry on earth. For he has to go back to the Father. His glorification, which necessarily includes death and resurrection, will be complete only when he ascends back to where he came from. Here he indicates that his death and resurrection have effected a change in the relationship with his disciples, for he now calls them “brothers,” and his Father and God is now also the disciples’ Father and God.
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, help us not to cling to old ways but to be open to the transforming power of your resurrection. Amen.