July 22, 2019 Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene

2017년 7월 22일 토요일 성녀 마리아 막달레나 축일 

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제1독서

아가3,1-4ㄴ<또는 2코린 5,14-17>

신부가 이렇게 말한다.
1 “나는 잠자리에서 밤새도록, 내가 사랑하는 이를 찾아다녔네. 그이를 찾으려 하였건만 찾아내지 못하였다네. 2 ‘나 일어나 성읍을 돌아다니리라. 거리와 광장마다 돌아다니며, 내가 사랑하는 이를 찾으리라.’ 그이를 찾으려 하였건만 찾아내지 못하였다네.
3 성읍을 돌아다니는 야경꾼들이 나를 보았네. ‘내가 사랑하는 이를 보셨나요?’ 4 그들을 지나치자마자 나는, 내가 사랑하는 이를 찾았네

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요한. 20,1-2.11-18
1 주간 첫날 이른 아침, 아직도 어두울 때에 마리아 막달레나가 무덤에 가서 보니, 무덤을 막았던 돌이 치워져 있었다. 2 그래서 그 여자는 시몬 베드로와 예수님께서 사랑하신 다른 제자에게 달려가서 말하였다. “누가 주님을 무덤에서 꺼내 갔습니다. 어디에 모셨는지 모르겠습니다.”
11 마리아는 무덤 밖에 서서 울고 있었다. 그렇게 울면서 무덤 쪽으로 몸을 굽혀 12 들여다보니 하얀 옷을 입은 두 천사가 앉아 있었다. 한 천사는 예수님의 시신이 놓였던 자리 머리맡에, 다른 천사는 발치에 있었다.
13 그들이 마리아에게 “여인아, 왜 우느냐?” 하고 묻자, 마리아가 그들에게 대답하였다.
“누가 저의 주님을 꺼내 갔습니다. 어디에 모셨는지 모르겠습니다.”
14 이렇게 말하고 나서 뒤로 돌아선 마리아는 예수님께서 서 계신 것을 보았다. 그러나 예수님이신 줄은 몰랐다.
15 예수님께서 마리아에게 “여인아, 왜 우느냐? 누구를 찾느냐?” 하고 물으셨다. 마리아는 그분을 정원지기로 생각하고, “선생님, 선생님께서 그분을 옮겨 가셨으면 어디에 모셨는지 저에게 말씀해 주십시오. 제가 모셔 가겠습니다.” 하고 말하였다.
16 예수님께서 “마리아야!” 하고 부르셨다. 마리아는 돌아서서 히브리 말로 “라뿌니!” 하고 불렀다. 이는 ‘스승님!’이라는 뜻이다.
17 예수님께서 마리아에게 말씀하셨다. “내가 아직 아버지께 올라가지 않았으니 나를 더 이상 붙들지 마라. 내 형제들에게 가서, ‘나는 내 아버지시며 너희의 아버지신 분, 내 하느님이시며 너희의 하느님이신 분께 올라간다.’ 하고 전하여라.”
18 마리아 막달레나는 제자들에게 가서 “제가 주님을 뵈었습니다.” 하면서, 예수님께서 자기에게 하신 이 말씀을 전하였다

July 22, 2019

Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene

Daily Readings — Audio

Daily Reflections — Video

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Reading 1 

SGS 3:1-4b

The Bride says:
On my bed at night I sought him
whom my heart loves–
I sought him but I did not find him.
I will rise then and go about the city;
in the streets and crossings I will seek
Him whom my heart loves.
I sought him but I did not find him.
The watchmen came upon me,
as they made their rounds of the city:
Have you seen him whom my heart loves?
I had hardly left them
when I found him whom my heart loves.

OR

2 cor 5:14-17

Brothers and sisters:
The love of Christ impels us,
once we have come to the conviction that one died for all;
therefore, all have died.
He indeed died for all,
so that those who live might no longer live for themselves
but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh;
even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh,
yet now we know him so no longer.
So whoever is in Christ is a new creation:
the old things have passed away;
behold, new things have come.

 

Responsorial Psalm 

Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9

R. (2) My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
O God, you are my God whom I seek;
for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts
like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary
to see your power and your glory,
For your kindness is a greater good than life;
my lips shall glorify you.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
Thus will I bless you while I live;
lifting up my hands, I will call upon your name.
As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied,
and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
You are my help,
and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.
My soul clings fast to you;
your right hand upholds me.
R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

 

Alleluia

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Tell us, Mary, what did you see on the way?
I saw the glory of the risen Christ, I saw his empty tomb.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

 

Gospel 

Jn 20:1-2, 11-18

On the first day of the week,
Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.” 

Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping.
And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb
and saw two angels in white sitting there,
one at the head and one at the feet
where the Body of Jesus had been.
And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”
She said to them, “They have taken my Lord,
and I don’t know where they laid him.”
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there,
but did not know it was Jesus.
Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?
Whom are you looking for?”
She thought it was the gardener and said to him,
“Sir, if you carried him away,
tell me where you laid him,
and I will take him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
She turned and said to him in Hebrew,
“Rabbouni,” which means Teacher.
Jesus said to her,
“Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
But go to my brothers and tell them,
‘I am going 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 then reported what he told her.

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 «Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’»

Fr. Antoni CAROL i Hostench
(Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain)

Today, we celebrate with joy Saint Mary Magdalene. With joy and benefit for our faith!, because her trail could very well be ours. Magdalene came from afar (cf. Luke 7: 36-50) and she did go very far... Indeed, at the dawn of the Resurrection, Mary looked for Jesus, found the risen Jesus and met Jesus’ Father, "Our Father". That morning, Jesus Christ discovered her the most important fact of our faith: that she was also God’s daughter.

In Mary of Magdala’s itinerary, we discover some important aspects of our faith. In the first place, we admire her courage. Though a gift from God, faith requires courage from the believer. Generally, we tend towards what we can see, what can be seized with our hand. God being essentially invisible, faith “represents the risky enterprise of accepting what plainly cannot be seen as the truly real and fundamental. It involves a leap out of the tangible world” (Benedict XVI). Mary, by seeing the risen Christ can also "see" the Father, the Lord.

on the other hand, the "leap to faith" «is reached through what the Bible calls conversion or repentance: only he who changes receives it "(Benedict XVI). Was not this Mary’s first step? Should not this also be a reiterated step in our lives?

In the conversion of Magdalene, there was much love: she did not spare any perfumes for her Love. Love!: here is another "vehicle" of faith, because we neither hear, nor see or believe whom we do not love. In John’s Gospel it clearly appears «believing is to listen and, at the same time, to see (...)». In that dawn, María Magdalena takes risks for her Love, she listens to her Love (to hear Him saying "Mary" is enough for her to recognize Him) and she meets the Father. «On the morning of Easter (...), María Magdalena, is asked to contemplate Him as He ascends to the Father, and finally to her full confession "I have seen the Lord" (Jn 20:18)» (Pope Francis).

«Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’»

Fr. Albert SOLS i Lúcia
(Barcelona, Spain)

Today, we celebrate the festivity of St. Mary Magdalene. Youngsters usually get crazy over a movie to the point of identifying themselves with some of the characters there. We, Christians, should always be young at heart before the life of Jesus of Nazareth, and identify ourselves with this great woman, Mary of Magdala, whom the Gospel speaks to us about. She followed Jesus' path, she listened to his Word, and Christ reciprocated her by granting her the historic privilege of being the person whom Christ's feat of resurrection was first communicated to.

The evangelist says that, initially, she did not recognize him. And she took him for the gardener. But when the Lord calls her by her name: «Mary», maybe because of the peculiar way to say it, this saint woman did not doubt anymore: «She turned and said to him, ‘Rabboni’ —which means, “Master”—» (Jn 20:16). After this first meeting with Jesus, she was the first one to run out to announce it to the other disciples: «So Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord, and this is what he said to me’» (Jn 20:18).

Christians that, in their daily life programs, care about his relationship with Christ in the Eucharist by devoting a few instants to contemplative praying and cultivating the assiduous reading of Jesus' Gospels, will also have the privilege of hearing that personal call from the Lord. It is the same Christ who personally calls us by our name and encourages us to follow the steady path to saintliness.

«Prayer is conversation and dialogue with God: contemplation for absent-minded, certainty of what we are expecting, equal basis of honor with angels, progress and increase of goods, remission of sins, remedy for all ills, fruit of current goods and, guarantee for future goods» (St. Gregory of Nyssa).

Let us tell the Lord: —Jesus, make my friendship with you so strong and profound that, as Mary of Magdala, we know how to recognize you in my life.

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In the Fourth Week of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola the person engaging the exercises is challenged to contemplate the reality and meaning of the Resurrection of Jesus. An Apostle of Jesus Christ is one who witnesses to the Resurrection – first by his or her lifestyle and then by proclamation of word or life to others; the word literally means “a witness to the resurrection.”

We know of Mary Magdalene’s witness to the Apostles from the various Gospel passages, especially the Gospel of John. We can imagine the amount of apostolic work she undertook because she is referred to in the writings of the early Fathers of the Church as the Apostle to the Apostles – the same title that Pope Francis applied to her as a privileged role in the Christian mission of the early Church. Scholars are continuing to unearth the indications of evangelization that are attributed to her and largely it is the witness of great love both received and given that is the foundation for Apostolic work. That she was healed and forgiven parallels the healing and forgiveness that Peter received and the Matthew the tax collector must have known.

The Gospel today tells of Mary’s recognition of Jesus through her tear-filled eyes as she hears her name announced by the Risen Lord and sees his living gaze of great love. This is precisely what St. Ignatius is asking a retreatant to prayer for in the fourth week because when we experience such great love it changes us. It changes the conditions of our intellectual perception of our humanity, our sinfulness and our righteousness; it changes the context and degree of affective receptivity; and most importantly it changes the coordination of our Will to the Father’s deepest desires. With such a grace each of us can be transformed into an effective witness of the Resurrected Christ who lives and reigns over our own lives and the world as we know it. Such change enables us to give all without counting cost and serve faithfully without needing to be approved or appreciated.

Further, such great love received changes the way we forgive and receive the love of others – thus enabling others to hear the Good News because it is safe to believe the good news in our loving presence. Thus, Mary serves as a profoundly important evangelizer – she is the proof, in the flesh, of the good news of God’s salvation. She races to find the companions of Jesus to tell them the Good News that He is Risen and fully alive to us. She cannot wait to tell one and all that Jesus forgives us and lives among us and within us.

The Song of Songs Text chosen for the first reading of this Feast, and the Corinthians reading chosen as an alternate first reading, both express the power of great love. The vessel that receives great love swells to receive yet more – and pours itself out on all around because love hoarded is not love at all.

In a time and place where evangelization, forgiveness for terrible sins, healing from multiple wounds and the promise of everlasting life in joy and peace is so desperately needed, Mary Magdalene becomes the poster person for mercy and evangelization. We need her witness of personal reception of love and outpouring of its effects. We need to know that whatever she received is available to those who are wiling to trust Jesus and to love even in the face of terrible suffering and loss. We need to know that forgiveness for everything accompanies great love – can we receive such good news? Can we trust that we are called to receive that favor?

Today, a warm day in July in the Northern Hemisphere, is a day to stop, pray with Mary for the ability to see and to trust, to know that the Resurrection is real, and the victory of mercy has been accomplished whatever evidence to the contrary we discover in our world. Hear the good news of the resurrection from one who encountered with her whole being the resurrected Lord and gave him her heart fully and without reserve. 

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THE FREEDOM TRAIN

"Far better for us to be the slaves of the Egyptians than to die in the desert." �Exodus 14:12

If we are willing to give up our freedom to get something or prevent something, Satan, who specializes in enslaving us (see Heb 2:15), will probably oblige us. If we and our freedom can be bought, he will "buy us out" of freedom. If we can be intimidated and manipulated, Satan, who enslaves through fear, will be willing to play the games by which we surrender our freedom. Consequently, to prevent Satan from robbing us of our freedom, we must accept the grace to continually make the statement: Our freedom is "not for sale." We must also resolve to die if necessary to keep our freedom in Christ. Isn't that what every martyr says in dying for Christ? We are so zealous about being free because freedom is the basis of love. Because God is Love (1 Jn 4:8, 16), the meaning of our lives in Christ is love. Therefore, we cherish our freedom by which we can live the life of love. We love because Jesus first loved us and freed us (1 Jn 4:19). Because we live in freedom, we can live in love. Be free and remain free to love.

Prayer: Father, show me the relationship between compulsions and lack of love.

Promise: "My Strength and my Courage is the Lord, and He has been my Savior." —Ex 15:2

Praise: St. Mary Magdalene loved Jesus and she stood at his crucifixion, faithful to the end. She was the first person recorded in the Gospels to see the risen Jesus.

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 "I have seen the Lord!"

Do you recognize the presence of the Lord Jesus when you hear his word? How easy it is to miss the Lord Jesus when our focus is on ourselves! Mary Magdalene did not at first recognize the Lord because her focus was on the empty tomb and on her own grief. It took only one word from the Master, when he called her by name, for Mary to recognize him.

The Risen Lord Jesus reveals himself to us as we listen to his word
Mary Magdalene's message to the disciples, I have seen the Lord, is the very essence of Christianity. It is not enough that a Christian know about the Lord, but that we know him personally. It is not enough to argue about him, but to meet him. In the resurrection we encounter the living Lord Jesus who loves us personally and shares his glory with us. The Lord Jesus gives us "eyes of faith" to see the truth of his resurrection and his victory over sin and death (Ephesians 1:18). And he opens our ears to recognize his voice as we listen to the "good news" proclaimed in the Gospel message today.

The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the foundation of our hope - the hope that we, too, who believe in him will see the living God face to face and share in his everlasting glory and joy. "Without having seen him you love him; though you do not now see him you believe in him and rejoice with unutterable and exalted joy.  As the outcome of your faith you obtain the salvation of your souls" (1 Peter 1:8-9). Do you recognize the Lord's presence with you, in his word, in the "breaking of the bread," and in his church, the body of Christ?

"Lord Jesus, may I never fail to recognize your voice nor lose sight of your presence as you open the Scriptures for me and speak your life-giving word."

Psalm 63:1-5,7-8

1 O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.
2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
3 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
4 So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name.
5 My soul is feasted as with marrow and fat, and my mouth praises you with joyful lips,
7 for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.
8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.

Daily Quote from the early church fathers: The love of Christ enflamed her, by Gregory the Great (540-604 AD)

"Mary Magdalene, who had been a sinner in the city (Luke 7:37), loved the Truth and so washed away with her tears the stains of wickedness (Luke 7:47). Her sins had kept her cold, but afterward she burned with an irresistible love... We must consider this woman's state of mind whose great force of love inflamed her. When even the disciples departed from the sepulcher, she did not depart. She looked for him whom she had not found... But it is not enough for a lover to have looked once, because the force of love intensifies the effort of the search. She looked for him a first time and found nothing. She persevered in seeking, and that is why she found him. As her unfulfilled desires increased, they took possession of what they found (Song of Songs 3:1-4)... Holy desires, as I have told you before, increase by delay in their fulfillment. If delay causes them to fail, they were not desires... This was Mary's kind of love as she turned a second time to the sepulcher she had already looked into. Let us see the result of her search, which had been redoubled by the power of love." (excerpt from FORTY GOSPEL HOMILIES 25)

  

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