Third Station of the Resurrection

Mary Magdalene meets the risen Jesus
Third Station of the Resurrection.

"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 he 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 Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, 'I have seen the Lord,' and what he told her" (John 20: 14b-18).

Without Christ I am lost, yet when I am with him, I am found. He found me, called me by my name, even when I did not recognize him. He blessed me with the hope of his Life. That Jeus found me remains my only comfort in life and in death. He delivered me from the bonds which once held me, and they can hold me no more. Jesus helps me to know him, and to live and enjoy the freedom he has brought me through his resurrection.
I am eternally grateful that he is my Saviour and my Lord. Amen.