Message of the Day
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Place your mind before the mirror of eternity.
Place your soul in the brilliance of glory.
Place your heart in the figure of the divine substance.
And transform your whole being into the image of
the Godhead Itself through contemplation!
- St. Clare of Assisi -
(We become what we see . . .)
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Readings of the Day
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EX 14:5-18; EX 15:1-6; JN 20:1-2, 11-18 R. Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory. I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant;
horse and chariot he has cast into the sea.
My strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
He is my God, I praise him;
the God of my father, I extol him.
The LORD is a warrior,
LORD is his name!
Pharaoh's chariots and army he hurled into the sea;
the elite of his officers were submerged in the Red Sea.
The flood waters covered them,
they sank into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, O LORD, magnificent in power,
your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
USCCB lectionary
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Reflection on the Gospel
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Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and then reported what he told her.
It is significant that the first person to whom Jesus reveals himself after his resurrection is Mary Magdalene. Clearly, she has a close relationship with Jesus, and he entrusts her with sharing this remarkable news to the other disciples. How has it come about, then, that later in the history of the church sexism has become institutionalized? Jesus had no problem with women in places of leadership. Some will explain that men and women have separate and different roles to fulfill. Jesus' words and actions proclaim the opposite. Lord, may we honor Mary of Magdala today and follow her example, we pray.
- by Portia Clark
My Daily Bread
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Spiritual Reading
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The Sparkling Stone, by St. John of Rusybroeck (1293-1381)
That One Thing which is needful for all men is Divine love. The better part is an inward life, with loving adherence to God. This Mary Magdalen had chosen, and this is chosen by the secret friends of God. But Martha chose an outward, unenclosed, and active life; and that is the other part, in which one may serve God, but which is neither so perfect nor so good. And this part is chosen out of love by the faithful servants of God.
But there are found some foolish men who would be so inward that they would neither act nor serve, even in those things of which their neighbour has need. Behold, these are neither secret friends nor faithful servants of God; but they are altogether false and deceived. For no man can follow the counsels of God who will not keep His commandments. And therefore all secret friends of God are also at the same time faithful servants, wherever this is needful; but all the faithful servants are not secret friends, for the exercise which belongs thereto is unknown to them. This is the difference between the faithful servants and the secret friends of God.
- Chapter 7: "On the difference between the faithful servants of God and the secret friends of God."
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