07/22/2022
Happy Feast Day!
Today is the feast day of St Mary Magdalene, or as I like to call her, the Patron Saint of showing up.
Mary Magdalene showed up to the tomb of Jesus and did something radical.
She stayed.
Even when everyone else left, she stayed.
Even when it was revealed that the tomb was empty, she stayed.
Mary Magdalene understood that unwavering love stays, not for what it can get out of the relationship, but because it is love.
Sisters, we cannot reap what we have not sown.
We can’t reap community to if we don’t show up to sow the seeds of community.
We can’t reap mercy if we don’t show up to sow the seeds of mercy.
We can’t reap compassion if we don’t show up and sow the seeds of compassion.
Keep showing up, when it is instinctual but especially when it’s hard.
St Mary Magdalene, pray for us.