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The evening of life is not decline. It is deepening.

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Yesterday's Reflection

Tuesday in the Octave of Easter

Today's Readings

First Reading: Acts 2:36-41 · **Psalm:** 33 · **Gospel:** John 20:11-18

Responsorial Psalm: 33 · **Gospel:** John 20:11-18

Gospel: John 20:11-18

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Reflection

Mary is weeping. She can't see through the tears. A man she thinks is the gardener stands beside her. Then one word: Mary. She turns. Rabbouni.

One word. Her name. That's all it took.

In the evening of life, you may be weeping. You may not recognize the voice at first. It may sound ordinary - like a gardener, like a nurse, like a grandchild, like silence. But the Risen Christ speaks your name. He has been speaking it your whole life. He will speak it at the end. And when he does, you will turn and know him.

Mary's message to the disciples is the simplest and most profound sentence in the Easter story: I have seen the Lord. That is the testimony of a lifetime of faith. Not I understood a theory. I have seen the Lord.

Prayer of the Faithful

For those who weep - at hospital beds, in empty houses, in the evening of life: that the Risen Christ would speak their name and be recognized. We pray to the Lord.