Daily Inspiration

“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."-John 20:11-16

Mary Magdalene is an example of true repentance. Jesus forgave her sins, and she allowed His forgiveness to change her life forever. Christ calls us all to the sacrament of Reconciliation. He asks us to repent and turn to His mercy, and if we do, like Mary, we desperately seek to be near the Lord, always, and to never again lose His saving touch. The hardest of sinners may look to the relationship between Jesus and Mary Magdalene to know that God wants that same loving connection with all of us if only we would ask.

Saint Mary Magdalene, pray for us.  

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Jesus, I trust in you!