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The TB News Daily Reflection
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Hi, I'm Brenda from St Francis Parish Church. In John's Gospel, we hear after Jesus' crucifixion
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Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb
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She stood weeping outside and bent to look into the tomb. Mary saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been
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They said, Why are you weeping? And she said, They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him
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Mary turned and saw Jesus standing there. Jesus said to her, Mary
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And she replied in Hebrew, Rabbuni, which means teacher. Jesus sent her to announce to the disciples
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I have seen the Lord and she told them the things he had said to her The word apostle means one who is sent A woman Mary Magdalene became the first apostle the first to meet Jesus by the tomb after his resurrection
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then sent to share the good news with the disciples. This earned her the name, the apostle to the apostles
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What does this mean for people today? Jesus allowed women to sit at his feet as disciples
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and we hear Mary Magdalene was chosen by Jesus as the first apostle
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This means for all women, Jesus counted us equally with men. For ordained women who wear the collar
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we can be confident of our place at the front of church, a place denied by some, but a place affirmed by Jesus himself
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to share with men humbly yet equally in God's mission on earth
