Mary:
How wonderful to greet my Son after he rose! Let no one doubt that this
greatest of God's works has been achieved: the victory of love over sin,
suffering and death. This is what he offers you if you believe in his
name, Jesus, only Son of the Almighty Father.
A
prayer: Blessed Mother, how deep must have been the thoughts of
the three days as you awaited the Resurrection in faith! You did not
abandon hope, and I pray that I shall never do so.
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The new life inaugurated by Jesus brings joy to the whole world. Help
us to celebrate it, and to anticipate the glorious fruits it offers
to fallen humanity. Now
after he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first
to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. (Mark 16:9)
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Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you
looking for?" (John 20:15)
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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."
(John 20:15)
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Jesus
said to her, "Mary!" She turned and said to him in Hebrew,
"Rabbouni!" (which means Teacher). (John 20:16)
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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.'" (John
20:17)
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She
went out and told those who had been with him, while they were mourning
and weeping. (Mark 16:10)
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But
when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would
not believe it. (Mark 16:11)
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Jesus
said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe
in me, even though they die, will live..." (John 11:25)
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If
Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain
and your faith has been in vain. (1 Cor 15:14)
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For
to this end Christ died and lived again, so that he might be Lord
of both the dead and the living. (Rom 14:9).
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