Prayer Request
Feast of Mary of
Magdala ~ Song of Songs 3: 1-4 or 2 Corinthians 5:14-17; Psalm 63; John 20: 1, 11-18
Magdalene is not her last name, this dear friend and disciple of Jesus. She comes from the town of Magdala, clinging to the barren ground just above Capernaum and overlooking the sea of Galilee. Song of Songs narrates the beloved searching for her lover, fairly parallel to the gospel where Mary looks for Jesus in the tomb. She recognizes him when he calls her name. The Corinthian reading begins: “The love of Christ urges us on,” and continues to emphasize the new creation won for us in Christ’s being raised. Mary was urged to mission by the Risen Christ, and what good news to share!
“I thirst for you, Lord my God,” is applied to Christ as Lord. When, how, why is that true for you? “I will call your name,” the psalmist continues, but when, like Mary, have you heard Jesus call your name? “Why are you weeping?” Christ asks Mary in the garden. What makes you weep? Share your tears with this couple.
Christ Jesus, we remember that you cried over Jerusalem. We want to weep with you over our weary world. We search, with hope, for your kindness toward the hopeless.