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Basilica of San Marco, Venice Italy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Feast Day of St Mary Magdalene<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and did not find the Lord\u2019s body, she thought it had been taken away and so informed the disciples. After they came and saw the tomb, they too believed what Mary had told them. The text then says: The disciples went back home, and it adds: but Mary wept and remained standing outside the tomb.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We should reflect on Mary\u2019s attitude and the great love she felt for Christ; for though the disciples had left the tomb, she remained. She was still seeking the one she had not found, and while she sought she wept; burning with the fire of love, she longed for him who she thought had been taken away. And so it happened that the woman who stayed behind to seek Christ was the only one to see him. For perseverance is essential to any good deed, as the voice of truth tells us: Whoever perseveres to the end will be saved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When our desires are not satisfied, they grow stronger, and becoming stronger they take hold of their object. Holy desires likewise grow with anticipation. As David says: My soul has thirsted for the living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek? She is asked why she is sorrowing so that her desire might be strengthened; for when she mentions whom she is seeking, her love is kindled all the more ardently.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

from a homily Gregory the Great<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All things have an end, and two things, life and death, are side by side set before us, and each one will go to his own place. Just as there are two coinages, one of God and the other of the world, each with its own image, so unbelievers bear the image of this world, and those who have faith with love bear the image of God the Father through Jesus Christ our Lord.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St Ignatius of Antioch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

God and Father,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To those who go astray you reveal the light of your truth
and enable them to return to the right path.
Grant that all who have received the light of grace
may strive to do good and avoid evil <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be gracious, to us Lord who love and serve you
and in your kindness increase your gifts of grace within us:
so that, fervent in faith, hope and love,
we may be ever on the watch
and persevere in doing what you command.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This we ask through Christ our Lord. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art by Dino Carbetta<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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