Saint Mary Magdalene

Judith 9:1, 11-14

Psalm 42:1-7, (8-15)

1 As the deer desires the water brooks,*
  so longs my soul for you, O God.

2 My soul is athirst for God, even for the living God;*
  when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?

3 My tears have been my food day and night,*
  while all day long they say to me, “Where now is your God?”

4 When I think upon these things, I pour out my heart,*
  when I remember how I went with the multitude, and brought them into the house of God,

5 With the voice of praise and thanksgiving*
  among those who keep holy day.

6 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul,*
  and why are you so disquieted within me?

7 O put your trust in God,*
  for I will yet give him thanks, who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

8 My soul is heavy within me;*
  therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan, and from Mizar among the hills of Hermon.

9 One deep calls to another in the noise of your waterfalls;*
  all your waves and storms have gone over me.

10 The LORD will grant his loving-kindness in the daytime;*
  and in the night season will I sing of him, and make my prayer to the God of my life.

11 I will say to God my rock, “Why have you forgotten me?*
  Why am I full of heaviness, while the enemy oppresses me?”

12 My bones are broken asunder,*
  while my enemies mock me to my face,

13 While all day long they say to me,*
  “Where now is your God?”

14 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul,*
  and why are you so disquieted within me?

15 O put your trust in God,*
  for I will yet give him thanks, who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

2 Corinthians 5:14-20a

14 For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; 15 and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.

16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation. 20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.

John 20:11-18

11 But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb, and as she wept she stooped to look into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said to them, “They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.” 14 Having said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?” Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.” 16 Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned and said to him in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). 17 Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” 18 Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”—and that he had said these things to her.