Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene

On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don’t know where they put him.” 

But 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. Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary of Magdala went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord,” and what he told her.

John 20:1-2, 11-18

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Called By Name

In the pre-dawn shadows, while the world slept,
Outside the tomb, sorrowing, Mary wept.
Graciously, two angels at Jesus’ shroud
Queried, “Why weep you?” to the woman bowed.
Answering, she wheeled round, spying a man
Of uncertain visage—the field’s hired hand?
“Why weep you?” the stranger kindly inquired
Of her whom the Lord so dearly desired.
“If you took him, pray, where now does he rest?”
“Mary!” “Rabbouni!” Awe rose from her chest.
“Cling not,” charged Christ, “for I’ve not ascended
To the Father.” The story’s not ended.
“Tell my brothers, I am going to God—
My Father, your Father, my God, your God.”
“I have seen the Lord,” the first witness cried
To the apostles of the Church, Christ’s Bride.

Traditional Chinese Translation

《聖抹大拉馬利亞的節日》
馬利亞從墓穴外聽到了她的名字—
這聲音來自從墳墓中復活的耶穌！