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.
When we are in the midst of trials, we can forget that God is with us. In our weeping, mourning, or even complaining, we can become so focused on our own needs that we fail to remember that Jesus is there beside us. We also fail to see how others are acting Christ-like toward us. The angels in the gospel try to comfort Mary by challenging her to look beyond her own worry about the missing Jesus and to see the miracle of the resurrection. She is so distraught that she can’t recognize Jesus when he is standing in front of her. It isn’t until he calls her by name that she finally realizes who she is talking to and sees the empty tomb as not an obstacle to her devotion, but a miracle of God’s Providence.
When we are in physical, emotional, or spiritual pain, do we keep our eyes open to God’s presence? Do we trust in God’s Will even in the midst of our trials and tribulations? We are the people in our lives who have acted Christ-like to us when we were in need?
O Lord, open our eyes to your presence.
Amen.
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