Monday in the Octave of Easter

And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them. They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage.

Jesus meets Mary Magdalene and the other Mary while they are on their way to deliver the message of the angel. They are faithfully bearing the good news and because they are doing this Jesus rewards them with his greeting. We too are called to bring the Gospel message to others and if we do it well, God will reward us too. He will give us his Holy Spirit to uphold us in our hour of need. He will give us His only begotten Son through the sacrament of the Eucharist. He will give us His Fatherly Mercy when the Day of Judgment comes. In response we should be ready to greet the Holy Trinity with our whole heart, soul, mind, and strength, embrace the foot of his Heavenly Throne, and do Him homage.

Do we bear the message of Jesus as we should? If not, then how can we do a better job of delivering his message to our brothers and sisters? How do we greet God when he is made present to us through the sacraments?

O Lord, we embrace you and do you homage.

Amen.