In this resurrection story, the two disciples discover the risen Lord together. In the first resurrection story, the two women make the discovery together. Sometimes, it really helps to have someone else, a friend, to witness what has happened in our lives. Our friends can help us hold on to what exactly just happened and what it means! and we can do that for our friend, too.
- Where am I being invited to look more closely at the signs that something big is about to change? or signs that something new is being revealed about my life?
- Is there someone in my life who helps me to see more closely, or more accurately what is being revealed?
-Difficulty understanding what is only partially revealed... can I live with uncertainty? or live with the question: what is God doing here? can I find someone to be my companion in this not knowing but in the question?
third station
The Risen Lord appears to Mary Magdalen, the Apostle to the Apostles
John 20:14b-18
13-14 “They took my Master,” she said, “and I don’t know where they put him.” After she said this, she turned away and saw Jesus standing there. But she didn’t recognize him.
15 Jesus spoke to her, “Woman, why do you weep? Who are you looking for?”
She, thinking that he was the gardener, said, “Mister, if you took him, tell me where you put him so I can care for him.”
16 Jesus said, “Mary.”
Turning to face him, she said in Hebrew, “Rabboni!” meaning “Teacher!”
17 Jesus said, “Don’t cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I ascend to my Father and your Father, my God and your God.’”
18 Mary Magdalene went, telling the news to the disciples: “I saw the Master!” And she told them everything he said to her.
Jesus called Mary by name. Have you ever heard your name and felt really known or recognized. God calls us by name and we stand at attention, or feel called forth. When someone who really knows us and calls us by name we are invited to come back to ourselves. As we are called, we are at the same time invited to be our most authentic and true selves. In that, we may be invited to act in a particular way, respond to life in a particular and new way. Stand firm or act decisively in that most authentic way. In doing that we are giving authentic witness to the risen Lord.. because we believe in the risen Lord and act accordingly.
Mary, called by name, announces to the disciples that she has seen the Lord.
How would anyone recognize our having seen the Lord by our actions?
How do we witness to others that we have seen the Lord? that we have experienced the resurrection?
Tools:
Lection Divina
provide water colors, crayons, pastels, and paper
for a meditation through drawing/painting on one of the resurrection stories
