Tuesday, 23rd April

John 20:11–18

But 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

Do my weeps for what I see as missing make
it difficult for me to recognize Jesus’ presence?

How do I respond to Jesus’ invitation to
let my hopes in him find true life?