Thursday Matins: Mary Magdalene at the Empty Tomb
From Devotions Commemorative of the Most Adorable Passion of Our Lord, 1842 Tools
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| Printed in | Devotions Commemorative of the Most Adorable Passion of Our Lord |
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| Imprint | London, James Burns, 17 Portman Street; with J. H. Parker, Oxford, and T. Stevenson, Cambridge (booksellers named on title page). Printer on verso of half-title: Robson, Levey, and Franklyn, Great New Street, Fetter Lane., 1842 |
| Scan | the Internet Archive copy |
| Transcription | Transcribed from the scan of the 1842 edition. |
| Rights | Public domain in the United States. |
- Saints
- St. Mary Magdalene
- Seasons
- Eastertide
- Prayers for
- mercy, perseverance, union with Jesus, the missions
℣. The Lord is risen from the tomb, alleluia.
℟. Who for our sakes hung upon the Tree, alleluia.
Our Father.
Absolution.
O LORD JESU Christ, hear the prayers of Thy servants, and have mercy upon us, who with the Father and the Holy Ghost livest and reignest world without end.
℟. Amen.
Benediction. The reading of the Gospel be unto us salvation and protection.
℟. Amen.
Lesson from the holy Gospel according to John.
Lesson i. ch. 20.
AT that time: Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping; and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white sitting. And the rest.
Homily of S. Gregory, Pope.
Homily 25. on the Gospels.
MARY Magdalene, who had been a sinner in the city, through love of the truth washed away by her tears the stains of crime; and the word of truth is fulfilled, which saith, ‘Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much.’ 1 For she who before had been chilled by sinning, now became very fervent by loving. When she came to the Sepulchre, and found not the Lord’s body, she believed it had been taken away, and told the disciples. And they came and saw, and believed it to be as the women had told them. And it is further written of them, ‘Then the disciples went away again unto their own home;’ after which is added, ‘But Mary stood without at the Sepulchre weeping.’ But Thou.
℟. They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid Him. The Angels say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? He is risen, as He said. 2 * He shall go before you into Galilee; there shall ye see Him, 3 alleluia, alleluia.
℣. And as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the Sepulchre, and seeth two Angels in white, sitting, and they say unto her. 4 —He shall go before.
Benediction. The divine assistance remain with us for ever.
℟. Amen.
Lesson ii.
CONSIDER here how mighty was the love which animated this woman’s breast; for even when the disciples retired from the Lord’s tomb, she retired not. Him whom she could not find she sought, seeking Him she wept, and, moved by love, passionately yearned after Him whom she believed to have been taken away. Whence it came to pass that she alone, who remained to seek for Him, at that time saw Him; for the virtue of good works is perseverance; and the word of Truth says, ‘But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.’ 5 But Thou.
℟. Rejoice with me, all ye that love the Lord, for He, whom I sought, hath appeared unto me: * And while I was weeping at the tomb, I saw the Lord, alleluia, alleluia.
℣. When the disciples retired, I retired not; and moved by love of Him, I burnt with desire.—And while I was. Glory be to the Father. And.
Benediction. The King of Angels lead us on to the fellowship of the inhabitants of heaven.
℟. Amen.
Lesson iii.
NOW Mary, ‘as she wept, stooped down and looked into the Sepulchre.’ Doubtless she had already seen that the Sepulchre was empty, for she had reported that the Lord was taken away. Why, therefore, does she again stoop down, and desire again to look in? It is because to look once does not satisfy a lover; because the force of love makes us intent on seeking again and again. She sought once before, and found not; she persevered in her search, and so succeeded in finding. Thus it came to pass that her longings grew and expanded, and by their growth reached up to their object. But Thou.
We praise Thee, O God, p. lxiv.
At the Benedictus, Antiph.
Mary stood at the Sepulchre weeping, and seeth two Angels in white sitting; and the napkin which was about Jesus’ head, alleluia.
Collect.
O GOD, who hast knit together the differing Gentile nations by the confession of Thy Name; grant that they, being born again in the Baptismal Font, may be one both in the belief of their minds and in the piety of their actions. Through our Lord.
At the Magnificat, Antiph.
They have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid Him; if thou hast borne Him hence, tell me, alleluia; and I will take Him away, alleluia.
- S. Luke vii. 47.
- S. Matt.
- S. Mark.
- S. John.
- S. Matt. xxiv. 13.
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