I wish I had been there with you to share your excitement and your joy when you discovered the empty tomb of Jesus. You crowned your emotions with tears. Though He had shared His truth with you, your faith was shaken by irrational fear. You had seen Him nailed to the cross and though you knelt on the ground your heart and soul were glued to His and His agony became your agony. A disciple’s symbiosis with Her Teacher or the indivisible Power of Love? Whatever it was He choose you to be the first to learn of His Resurrection, even if in your bewilderment you could hardly believe your eyes and your heartbeats drummed you deaf . But then you ran like a gazelle to share the news. I wish I had been there with you to witness the boldness of your heart when you first met Him and showed your generosity scandalizing those who lived by the rules but had no clue of the vastness of Love. Of the Love as the source of all Life. You endured the discrimination because of your being a woman, humble, yet independent and strong and with an uncommon acumen. They spoilt your name by calling you a sinner, but in Jesus’ eyes you were a pure flower. And this flower still blooms to this day in the hearts of those who came to know you through the written word and through faith. Yes, I wish I had been there with you, but see, the truth is that now you are with me as a living example of how true Love should be. |
This is so very beautiful dear Margherita!
And, amazingly, I have been reading "The Gnostic Gospels" which includes:
quote:As the Gospel of Mary opens, the disciples are mourning Jesus' death and terrified for their own lives. Then Mary Magdalene stands up to encourage them, recalling Christ's continual presence with them: "Do not weep, and do not grieve, and do not doubt; for his grace will be with you completely, and will protect you." Peter invites Mary to "tell us the words of the Savior which you remember." But to Peter's surprise, Mary does not tell anecdotes from the past: instead, she explains that she has just seen the Lord in a vision received through the mind, and she goes on to tell what he revealed to her.
-page 15,The Gnostic Gospels, Elaine Pagels
CHRIST APPEARING TO MARY MAGDALENE IN THE GARDEN (NOLI ME TANGERE)
Prado Gallery, Madrid
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19143/19143-h/19143-h.htm
LOVE AND LIGHT BEING, Teo Do (Re, Mi, Fa, Soul...)
