LET THE FEAST BEGIN-APOSTOLORUM APOSTOLA

Friday of Week 16 in Ordinary Time

The Church's First Celebration of the

FEAST

SAINT MARY MAGDALENE

Apostle to the Apostles

A reading of the verbs (plus a little extra;)

Mary Magdalene:

came

Saw

Ran

Went

Told

(…missing verses* in the lectionary selection tell of MM, Peter and “the Other” returning to the scene where MM’s telling is confirmed)

Stayed

Wept

Bent

Saw

The Angels:  Said

MM:

Taken

Don’t know

Turned

Saw

Did not know

Jesus:

Why are you weeping?

Whom are you looking for?

MM:

Thought

Said

“Sir, if you carried him away, tell me where you laid him.”

Jesus:

“Mary!”

Stop

Go

Tell

MM:

Went

Announced

“I have seen the Lord”

I sense a passionate compelling

and urgency

and fearlessness

I sense honest confusion boldly shared

I sense humility, openness and collaboration

I sense gift and vision honored

I sense awe and truth and action

And I/we pray**:

O God,

Whose Only Begotten Son

Entrusted Mary Magdalene before all others

With announcing the great joy of the Resurrection,

Grant, we pray,

That through her intercession and example

We may proclaim the living Christ

…boldly, and using all the gifts the People of God have to offer***

And come to see him reigning in your glory.

Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

One God for ever and ever.

St. Mary Magdalene, Pray for us!

*FYI missing verses 3-10

Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first.  He bent down to look in and saw the linen wrappings lying there, but he did not go in.  Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the cloth that had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen wrappings but rolled up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the scripture, that he must rise from the dead. Then the disciples returned to their homes.

**from today’s Mass 

***my addition;)