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Dear Parishioners of St. Joseph,
St. Ignatius
of Loyola now famous Spiritual Exercises contain several contemplations on the
Resurrection. One of these deals with
what St. Ignatius thought would have been Jesus' first appearance following his
Resurrection. It was an apparition to
His mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Although not recorded in Scripture, the Saint considered it to be common
sense.
In his
reasoning this is why Our Lady does not accompany the other women to the tomb
early on the morning of the first Easter.
She had already encountered the Risen Lord- Her Son!
Mary's great
virtue is faith. She believed that what
was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled. So when Jesus finally appeared we can imagine
the joy of this encounter. A joy which
was entirely different - the joy of the Resurrection, an everlasting joy that
neither death nor suffering can tarnish.
May we be
able to imitate Our Lady's faith so has to share alongside Her the joyful
embrace of the Resurrection. Happy
Easter to all!
~ Fr.
Marc-André Campbell |
