July 22 - St. Mary Magdalene
(Sg.3:1-4 or 2Cor.5:14-17; Ps.63:2-6,8-9; Jn.20:1-2,11-18) "Whom are you looking for?" Let us stand with Mary Magdalene at the tomb of our risen Lord. Let us weep a little that our hearts might bleed with her same love, and so our eyes be opened to see Jesus standing before us. Let us hear Him call us by name. O let us search night and day for our God, thirsting for Him "like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water." Let us know that without Him we are lost in darkness, empty as the tomb. May it be "the love of Christ [that] impels us" further outside of ourselves and toward the Lord…
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