\u201cDic nobis, Maria.\u201d \u201cSpeak to us, Mary.\u201d These words\nfrom the Easter sequence, the Victimae Paschali Laudes, are full of\nanticipation. We are the disciples who see Mary Magdalene return from the tomb.\nShe is excited, her face red from running, and her eyes wide. And so, we say to\nher \u201cspeak to us, Mary.\u201d In reply, she says \u201cChrist my hope is risen\ngloriously!\u201d Such wonderful news \u2026 but news that can only be possible after\nencountering the Risen Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we were to ask Mary Magdalene this question based\non our Gospel today, she would give a different answer. She would answer as one\nwho goes to the empty tomb but has not encountered Christ risen from the dead:\n\u201cThey have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don\u2019t know where they have laid\nhim!\u201d To her, the empty tomb is a sign of vandalism and robbery and not of the\nresurrection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, what changed? What happened to Mary Magdalene that\nmade her give a very different answer, that made her move from despair and\nhopelessness to one of joy and hope? What made her move from mourning into\njoyful proclamation? It was encountering the Risen Lord. She hears him call her\nname at the empty tomb and is told to go tell the disciples, Christ\u2019s\n\u201cbrothers,\u201d what she has seen and that he goes before them to Galilee. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
But for many, this joy can seem far-fetched. Public\nMasses are still cancelled or they are ordered not to leave their homes because\nthey are vulnerable. We may be like Mary Magdalene grieving that the Lord has\nbeen taken away from us. So, let us be like Mary Magdalene. Let us open our\nhearts and speak honestly. If we feel abandoned, let us tell Jesus that we are\nabandoned. If we feel cheated, let us tell him that we are cheated. Only the\nheart that speaks of its woundedness to Christ can receive the blood and water\nwhich gushed forth from Christ\u2019s pierced heart. Only the heart that can speak\nof what is dead inside because of sin can hear the Lord speak to us: \u201cawake, O\nsleeper; arise from death, and Christ will be your light! Alleluia!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joseph Yuson <\/strong>\u2013 St. Joseph Seminary, Edmonton, Alberta<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fot. Kelly Sikkema\/Unsplash.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Easter Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,17,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-strona-glowna-najnowsze","category-strona-glowna-slider"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n