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SAINT MARY MAGDALEN

FIRST READING SONG OF SONGS 3 :1-4 I found him whom my heart loves

The bride says this: On my bed, at night, I sought him whom my heart loves. I sought but did not find him. So I will rise and go through the City; in the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my heart loves. I sought but did not find him. The watchmen came upon me on their rounds in the City: ‘Have you seen him whom my heart loves?’ Scarcely had I passed them when I found him whom my heart loves. Readings 

GOSPEL JOHN 20:1-2,11-18 'Mary, go and find the brothers and tell them'
It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala came to the tomb. She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb and came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved. ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb’ she said ‘and we don’t know where they have put him.’ 

Meanwhile Mary stayed outside near the tomb, weeping. Then, still weeping, she stooped to look inside, and saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been, one at the head, the other at the feet. They said, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ ‘They have taken my Lord away’ she replied ‘and I don’t


know where they have put him.’ As she said this she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, though she did not recognise him. Jesus said, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said, ‘Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will go and remove him.’ Jesus said, ‘Mary!’ She knew him then and said to him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbuni!’ – which means Master. Jesus said to her, ‘Do not cling to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go and find the brothers, and tell them: I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ So Mary of Magdala went and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord and that he had said these things to her.

PREMIÈRE LECTURE CANTIQUES  3, 1-4a 
 « J’ai trouvé celui que mon âme désire » Lectures

Lecture du Cantique des Cantiques

Paroles de la bien-aimée. Sur mon lit, la nuit, j’ai cherché celui que mon âme désire; je l’ai cherché; je ne l’ai pas trouvé. Oui, je me lèverai, je tournerai dans la ville, par les rues et les places: je chercherai celui que mon âme désire; je l’ai cherché; je ne l’ai pas trouvé. Ils m’ont trouvée, les gardes, eux qui tournent dans la ville: «Celui que mon âme désire, l’auriez-vous vu ?» À peine les avais-je dépassés, j’ai trouvé celui que mon âme désire: je l’ai saisi et ne le lâcherai pas.

ÉVANGILE JEAN 20, 1.11-18 « Femme, pourquoi pleures-tu ? Qui cherches-tu ? »

Évangile de Jésus Christ selon saint Jean

Le premier jour de la semaine, Marie Madeleine se rend au tombeau de grand matin; c’était encore les ténèbres. Elle s’aperçoit que la pierre a été enlevée du tombeau. 

Elle se tenait près du tombeau, au-dehors, tout en pleurs. Et en pleurant, elle se pencha vers le tombeau. Elle aperçoit deux anges vêtus de blanc, assis l’un à la tête et l’autre aux pieds, à l’endroit où avait reposé le corps de Jésus. Ils lui demandent: « Femme, pourquoi pleures-tu ? » Elle leur répond: « On a enlevé mon Seigneur, et je ne sais pas où on l’a déposé. » Ayant dit cela, elle se retourna; elle aperçoit Jésus qui se tenait là, mais elle ne savait pas que c’était Jésus. Jésus lui dit : « Femme, pourquoi pleures-tu ? Qui cherches-tu ? » Le prenant pour le jardinier, elle lui répond: « Si c’est toi qui l’as emporté,dis-moi où tu l’as déposé, et moi, j’irai le prendre. » Jésus lui dit alors : « Marie ! » S’étant retournée, elle lui dit en hébreu : « Rabbouni ! », c’est-à-dire : Maître. Jésus reprend : « Ne me retiens pas, car je ne suis pas encore monté vers le Père. Va trouver mes frères pour leur dire que je monte vers mon Père et  votre Père, vers mon Dieu et votre Dieu. » Marie Madeleine s’en va donc annoncer aux disciples: « J’ai vu le Seigneur ! », et elle raconta ce qu’il lui avait dit.

Pray the Holy Rosary. Ave Maria. Hail Mary. Hail Holy Queen.

Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. My Angel Guardian pray for me. Protect and defend me. Guide and Guard me.

Your Birthday Saint: Mary Magdalen. May she pray for you as you celebrate your birthday today. 

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