Octave of Easter - Tuesday
Octave of Easter - Tuesday
First Reading Acts 2:36-41
A Reading from the Acts of the Apostles
Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name
of Jesus Christ.
On the day of Pentecost, Peter said to the Jewish people,
“Let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God
has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you
crucified.”
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and
they asked Peter and the other Apostles, “What are we to do,
my brothers?” Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized,
every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the
forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of
the Holy Spirit. For the promise is made to you and to
your children and to all those far off, whomever the Lord
our God will call.” He testified with many other arguments,
and was exhorting them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt
generation.” Those who accepted his message were baptized,
and about three thousand persons were added that day.
The word of the Lord.
Alleluia, alleluia Ps 118:24
This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and
rejoice in it. Alleluia, alleluia
Gospel Jn 20:11-18
I have seen the Lord, and he said these things to me.
A Reading from the Holy Gospel According to John
Mary Magdalene 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 went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen
the Lord,” and then reported what he had told her.
The Gospel of the Lord.
Reflection:
Mary Magdalene in Catholic tradition has been titled
as “apostle to the apostles”. Because she was the first
to have seen the Risen Christ and was commissioned by
Jesus to go to His brothers, she thus merited this
title. Mary Magdalene’s being the “apostle to the
apostles” is because of her response to the truth of
Christ’s resurrection.
What is our response to the truth of Christ’s rising
from the dead? Do we obey the mandate of Christ to
witness to His glory to others? If we have not yet
responded to this call as Mary Magdalene did, what
is hindering us to do so?
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