The feast of St. Mary Magdalene brings us to the morning of the Resurrection, which we celebrated back in March. This time Mary's sadness and confusion help us to see Jesus, not in his glorious Tabor splendor, but as the gardener...an ordinary man who could not easily be recognized even by an intimate friend! When things are dark, cloudy and confused in our lives, don't we find ourselves weeping in confusion, feeling, lost, struggling with realities, which, according to us, never should have happened, and certainly failing to see the presence of Jesus in this "mess"? As Jesus did with Mary, he simply calls us by name in the depths of our hearts, and our eyes are opened. It is a grace, there is not other explanation, and a reminder that Jesus NEVER abandons us, especially in the midst of doubt or tragedy. The call, the vision of the good that will eventually emerge from the ashes of our life, may not be immediate, but the story of Mary in the Garden reminds us to have faith: it will come.
Bro. Rene
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