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Mary
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.
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"I
wanted you to know I love the way you laugh; I wanna hold you high and
steal
your pain away. I keep your photograph
and I know it serves me well; I wanna hold you high and steal your pain. ‘Cause I’m broken when I’m
lonesome and I
don’t feel right when you’re gone away. You’ve
gone away, you don’t feel me anymore."
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A
feeling that is often described in popular music is the feeling of loss
and
despair because of the loss. The songs
of our day reflect the situations of our lives, and one of the most
common ones
is the feeling that things have not or are not going the way the person
wants them to. Because of the fact that
we choose our partners for life, there will be many relationships as
one
grows. Some of those relationships
become close and the two choose a marital life, but eventually one of
the
spouses will die. And there will be pain,
mental pain. Sometimes relationships
become close, but the relationship does not work out. There will
be a breakup, and there will be
pain, mental pain, as a result. Songs often express that feeling
of pain.
Such a song is Seether’s song “Broken.” The title of the song captures the feeling exactly. The person in the song feels the pain so intensely that loneliness has set in, and at the moment, there is nothing that can be done. Mary Magdalene felt that way. In her mind, she had lost the one that she loved, lost him in a most brutal way, and she wanted to do what she could do. But even as she wanted to do her simple burial rite, once again, she could not find him, and she felt completely broken. The cure of such a feeling is never easily heard because it always deals with time, allowing time to heal the mental wounds that accompany the brokenness. And during that time, the pain continues. But perhaps the Resurrection story for Mary Magdalene can encourage the people who suffer the pain of brokenness in relationships. The fact is that there will be a resolution to the situation. We will find an answer at some time. It may take time, but perhaps the end result will be even better than one could ever imagine. Mary Magdalene discovered exactly that. |
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THOUGHT
What
causes the most mental anguish in the situations of our world today?
PRAYER Good
and gracious God, there are many times in our lives when we feel
broken—the
loss of a loved one either in death or a breakup of some relationship
that we
wanted to last. Help us during those
times to look forward to the fact that with your help, things will
always get
better. Be with us, we pray.
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Capuchin Province of Mid-America
Fr. Mike Scully is a member of the Capuchin Province of Mid-America |