We Are the Messengers!!!

In the gospel from Easter Monday, Matthew 28:8-15, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away from the tomb to announce the news to the disciples that Jesus had risen from the dead. From our gospel today, John 20:11-18, Mary Magdalene is at the tomb and she encounters our risen Lord. She did not recognize him at first but when he called her by name, then she knew it was Jesus. Our Lord instructed her to go and tell the news to his disciples. It was the women who announced the Good News with great joy, Jesus Christ has broken the bonds of sin and death and has risen from the tomb! As one commentator wrote, we need to follow the example of Mary Magdalene and proclaim this Good News in our present day!!! Many people are thirsting for God and thirsting for the message that Jesus has risen from the dead and we need to be those messengers! As Jesus says to us, "Do not be afraid!" May we have the courage to proclaim the Good News like the early disciples and let the world know that Jesus Christ has arisen- Amen, Alleluia!!!