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A Prayer for the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene by Cameron Bellm

Mary Magdalene did not look away, did not flee.
She stayed and she wept
And she fixed her gaze on the cross, on the tomb.
And because she did not look away,
Jesus, who told stories, became her story, too.
And because she did not look away, she heard him
When he said that the story hadn’t ended,
That despite a terribly tragic turn,
The story was really only just beginning.

 His story was her story, and her story is our story—
A story of abiding, a story of prophetic witness,
A story of love unfathomably deep.
When we carry spices for anointing,
When we carry wine for celebration,
When we bear witness to love,
May we lift our voices, as she lifted hers—
Tell our story, tell her story, tell his story—
May we say, too, “We have seen the Lord.”

Amen.

by Cameron Bellm | https://www.cameronbellm.com