The Risen Lord is with us!!!

This is the good news of great joy that we live with everyday, the Risen Lord is with us. No matter what is going on in our lives, what crosses we have to carry, the Lord is with us. In our gospel for today, John 20:11-18, Mary Magdalene is at the tomb weeping. She bends over to look into the tomb and she sees two angels sitting there. They ask her why she is weeping. Then another voice asks Mary why she is weeping and it turns out to be the risen Lord. Mary recognizes him only when he calls her by name. The Lord calls all of us by name to be his disciples. Here is a wonderful thought for us, "With Mary, we may seek the Lord, weeping when he is not to be found in prayer, in worship, in our daily round of activities, only to come upon him in the most unexpected of places and discover that he has been there all along. It was we who did not recognize him. As he promised, our risen Lord is with us always" (Magnificat, 46). Let us rejoice and be glad, for the Lord is truly with us! Have a blessed day!!!