tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post2871006307945194854..comments2023-08-09T07:48:53.962-04:00Comments on Bear Witness to the Light: I Have Seen The Lord, And He Said These Things To Me.Fr. John L. Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16167510362871783781noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4736427810720155529.post-79980029814083814832010-04-06T10:05:19.213-04:002010-04-06T10:05:19.213-04:00The way Mary Magdalene mistakes Our Lord for the g...The way Mary Magdalene mistakes Our Lord for the gardener also reminds me of the parable (Luke 13:6-9) in which a gardener pleads for a reprieve for an unfruitful fig tree and undertakes to dig manure around its roots for another year. The Resurrection is the beginning of our 'year of grace'.<br /><br />The question 'Whom are you looking for?' is the same as Jesus asked the cohort and temple guards in another garden: Gethsemane. It's that unavoidable question again, like 'Who do you say that I am?'.<br /><br />Mary Magdalene is looking for the body of Christ. There is obviously something eucharistic about that fact. When she finds the body, it is not just dead matter, but the body, blood, soul and divinity of her risen Lord. She wants to embrace Him, but He tells her she cannot do this until He has ascended to God. It seems like an illogical answer, but makes me think of the eucharist as a kind of embrace, not just for Mary Magdalene but for everyone.Sarah in the tenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13680566205364331756noreply@blogger.com