To say we see the great nobility of the soul of St. Mary Magdalene,
so she goes early in the morning, for she who was forgiven by God in life
was not afraid to be associated with him in death,
even though it could have brought ridicule on her, or even worse,
to have associated herself with him, it could have brought her death.
And so, she shows that her activity is one of watchfulness and ardor,
that is, vigilance and fervor for the Lord,
and that watchfulness and that ardor of St. Mary Magdalene would be rewarded this day
as she would come to a greater understanding.
For death could not keep the Lord in the tomb, and he truly had risen.
And so, our Lord will now begin to bring her to that most profound understanding,
and he will not permit her to touch his body,
because he wishes to attach her to a much more profound mystery,
that the same flesh that she saw before him would be with her
and with the mystical body of Christ until the end of time,
in that most blessed of all sacraments,
where the fervor of Mary,
St. Mary Magdalene, would be poured out until her death,
her parting from this life, in order to enter eternal life.
It is said, according to tradition,
that St. Mary Magdalene would undergo severe trials and temptations
by the devil himself in order to lure her back
into her former life of a prostitute and the dissolute living that came with it.
But Mary Magdalene would now turn to that mystery
by which she would gain the strength to triumph,
where she formerly had fallen to the ground,
to make the marriage of a man,
but who held on all through the temptations of the devil.
Now through the Eucharistic presence of Christ she would be triumphant
and indeed it is not her that was truly triumphant
and she understood this so well.
For when we overcome trial and temptation,
it is Christ who is triumphant in us,
for it is by his grace that we persevere
and that we overcome all that the devil throws at us in this life.
And so, let us truly be resolved,
like St. Mary Magdalene,
to be vigilant to the wiles and snares of the devil and to have a fervent love for the lord
and savior most especially in that most blessed of all the sacraments his true presence amongst us
that is body blood soul and divinity she came in order to anoint the dead body of christ but rather
she would anoint that most is that most extraordinary mystery christ real presence
with her tears of sorrow and the joy of her repentance and so the former sinner became the
great lover of jesus christ and most especially of jesus christ in his eucharistic presence and so
let us turn to our lord beseeching him and begging him to intercede for us in our day and age in which
so much um so much lack of vigilance so much lack of fervor for the lord is present in this world
this age that has
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to become totally forgetful that the savior still dwells with us and will dwell with us until the
end of time in order that we do not put our hope of joy in the things of this world but that we put
our hope and our joy in the things of the world to come so that we truly go about this life as
saint mary magdalene praying that we that if the cup of temptation may pass for us then it be so
but if it is not so then we know we can
triumph
but through him who triumphed for us and so
she she had great reason to to rejoice this day and she would come to a most profound understanding
and let us know as we see in today's gospel that when mary went to the apostles first
they still not did not believe her it wasn't until she came the second time that the apostles
began to believe her and so if the world seems to doubt or does not believe in the
real presence of the lord let us show ourselves strong believers in his present let us show
ourselves fervent in our love for him as saint mary magdalene showed herself and so that question
theologians ask is a question that will be pondered and we will not know the answer until
we enter into eternal life does the great sinner mary magdalene love the lord more than the one
who has never sinned many of theologians put it in the context
that they can't wait to get to heaven to see the debate between someone's like saint mary
magdalene and someone like saint theresa the little flower which one loved the lord the most
the one who committed many sins and was forgiven in her life or the one who by the grace of god
never committed according to her confessor even a deliberate venial sin in her life
it will be an interesting debate and yet it it really in the end it will not matter for if we
attain that glory that we are called to attain that is union with god for heaven then we have
accomplished in this life what the lord has set out for us to do and so let us know and always
remember that that is accomplished by one mystery in one mystery only that christ truly is present
with us body blood soul and divinity in the blessed sacrament until the end of time and all
the other sacraments in one way or another serve to to strengthen
that belief in this great mystery baptism allows us entrance into the mystery and every worthy
reception of a sacrament by the member of the mystical body makes them more ready to receive
their lord and saviour in the most holy sacrament and after receiving him if god gives us the grace
as our final act in this life then we will receive him in that most profound receiving that all souls
are called to receive that is we will receive him as he comes to us and he will be made our
and he will be our body and soul and we will be the life of the world and we will be the life of our
he is when we see him by way of the beatific vision in the glory of heaven and so let us not
strive for the glory of this life let us remember as saint mary magdalene would come to know so well
that that that body of the savior dead on the cross of mount calvary could not be contained
by the tomb at the foot of mount calvary and the lord truly did rise glorious and triumphant
and in in the resurrection and we too if we persevere through the trials and the tribulations
of this life as saint mary magdalene did will come will come to recognize that most profound
of all mysteries that union with christ by way of the beatific vision in heaven and so
we have much to do in this life for the lord but we do it because we remain watchful and we remain
fervent in our love for him and we do not let anything discourage us
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that goal that he has set out for us. And so, let us strive always and everywhere to show ourselves
true lovers of the Lord, either in the way of Saint Mary Magdalene, because we have been
forgiven much, or by way of the saints like the little flower, who, not committing any deliberate
venial sins, even venial sins in their life, knew in full well that they did that only by the grace
of God, for they knew it was impossible for them. And so, each and every one of the saints,
the great sinner, or the one who never sinned, came to know and to understand a most profound
mystery. We have a fear of the Lord, but not a cowering fear. It is a fear by which we recognize
the great awesomeness that it is to be called into existence out of nothing by God himself,
and that he has called us into existence in order that we may enjoy him,
for all eternity, as Saint Mary Magdalene now does. And let us ask her to intercede for us by
her prayers, so that we, too, may come to know that enjoyment that she cannot have taken away
from her. She has chosen, as our Lord said, the better part, and now she enjoys it for all eternity.
And so, we have a fear of the Lord, but not a cowering fear. It is a fear by which we recognize
the great awesomeness that it is to be called into existence out of nothing by God himself,
and that he has called us into existence out of nothing by God himself, and now she enjoys it for all eternity.
And so, we have a fear of the Lord, but not a cowering fear. It is a fear by which we may enjoy it for all eternity.