Today's gospel, 22 July: Mary Magdalene, Witness to the Resurrection
Mary Magdalene, Witness to the Resurrection
Fresco by Fra Angelico, circa 1437-1446
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The gospel John 20:1-2, 11-18
Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, ‘They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.’
But Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb; and she saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been lying, one at the head and the other at the feet. They said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping?’ She said to them, ‘They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.’When she had said this, she turned round and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? For whom are you looking?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned and said to him in Hebrew, ‘Rabbouni!’ (which means Teacher). Jesus said to her, ‘Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, “I am ascending 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 she told them that he had said these things to her.
Sacred Space
A gentle prayer guide and reflection can be found here:
https://sacredspace.com/daily-prayer/2025-07-22/
Christian Art
Collect
Almighty God,
whose Son restored Mary Magdalene
to health of mind and body
and called her to be a witness to his resurrection:
Forgive our sins and heal us by your grace,
that we may serve you in the power of his risen life;
who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever. Amen.
Tomorrow, Wed 23 July:
Midweek Holy Communion, 10.30 am in Westport (St Mary's Church, S. Mall)
Online Prayer and Bible Study, 8pm. Link on request - email aughaval@tuam.anglican.org.
Please note that these Wednesday services will stop for August and resume in September.
Pastoral care and enquiries:
Revd Suzanne Cousins, 083 800 3233
Email aughaval@tuam.anglican.org
Website aughaval.tlk.ie
For emergency pastoral care, from 25 July - 15 Aug: Canon Andrea Wills. Number on request.
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