Tuesday of the Octave of Easter
Intentions: May the power of God’s redeeming love again break into the hearts of all people and move us to lives of compassion, respect, justice, and stewardship that will reclaim our world for your healing and goodness.
Today’s Gospel | John 20:11-18
Mary Magdalene 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 went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and then reported what he had told her.
From the Meditation for Easter Tuesday | Saint John Baptist de La Salle
On the day of his Resurrection, Jesus Christ appeared to his disciples and said to them, Peace be with you!, to teach us that one of the principal signs that a person is leading a new life, that is, an interior and spiritual life, and is risen with Jesus Christ is when the person enjoys interior peace.
Prayer
Eternal Father, your Son is the way, the truth and the life. May we faithfully proclaim his resurrection through the way in which we live our lives. Grant us the courage to die to ourselves so that you may live within us. Fill us with your peace and strengthen our faith so that our spirits will be fully alive and our hands ready to help build your Kingdom. We ask this of you who lives and reigns with your Son and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever. Amen.