In today's Gospel reading from John 20, on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning and saw it open and empty. She thought someone had taken the Lord from the tomb and began to weep. Then Jesus appeared and 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 recognized him and said to him, "Rabbouni," which means "Teacher" in Hebrew. 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.'" I have blogged about this before, but I can't help doing it again because it is such a joy to know that Jesus' Father is our Father, and his God is our God!
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