Mary Magdalene was first to see Jesus resurrected. Not the disciples. Not even his mother… but Mary Magdalene who had been tormented by demons. She who had been a sinner, but now she was the one chosen to announce the resurrection of Jesus.
Jesus uses all people who come to him with open hearts and are hungry for the truth and love of Jesus Christ.
No one should see themselves as less than everything they can be. We are all created to say yes to Jesus Christ and build the kingdom of God where we are right now. We are loved and our value does not come from our actions but from the fact that God is love.
What are we called to do today? What part shall we play? Who can we tell about the love of God?
Gospel
On the first day of the week,
Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning,
while it was still dark,
and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
So she ran and went to Simon Peter
and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
“They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
and we don’t know where they put him.”
Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping.
And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb
and saw two angels in white sitting there,
one at the head and one at the feet
where the Body of Jesus had been.
And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”
She said to them, “They have taken my Lord,
and I don’t know where they laid him.”
When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there,
but did not know it was Jesus.
Jesus 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 turned and said to him in Hebrew,
“Rabbouni,” which means Teacher.
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.’”
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
“I have seen the Lord,”
and then reported what he told her.
Deacon Tony Pynes 
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