When [Mary Magdalene] had said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?’ 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.
John 20:14-18
But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb, stooping down and looking in, he saw the linen clothes by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.
Luke 24:11-12
Mary Magdalene: named, trusted, confident;
free of attachments;
living freely and lightly
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An amazing presence . . .
I am touched to the core
With a presence I cannot explain.
A loving plan enfolds me.
Someone is always believing in me,
Calling me forth, calling me on.
I am standing in grace,
Filled with mystery,
Touched with the eternal.
I cannot get away from goodness –
I think we name you God.
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You surround me like a gentle breeze
My idols live on in my life.
My inconsistent values stay.
My immaturity walks beside me.
My sin is ever before me.
Your love for me stays the same.
I tremble in the face of such graciousness;
Your reverence for me astounds me
You breathe out hope
And I catch on …
(Wiederkehr, p 63)
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