Daily Inspiration

“On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they put him." 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. 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 Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and then reported what he told her.
 
Mary Magdalene was tortured by seven demons until Jesus cast them out. Jesus touched her in such a powerful way that it caused a complete turnaround in her life, which we still read about today.
 
That is how God works. He chooses to touch some so profoundly that it outwardly changes them for all to see. For those He touches in that way, it is easy for them to believe, and they are driven to tell everyone of the power of Christ.
 
But for some, Christ touches them more softly by letting them witness His power at work in one, such as Mary. They believe not because of some grand personal experience but solely by trust and faith in Our Lord. Blessed are they who believe through only that soft touch of Jesus.
 
Saint Mary Magdalene, pray for us.
 
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Jesus, I trust in you!