WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
John 20,1-2.11-18:
“Woman, why are you crying? Who are you looking for?”
Today, Jesus asks two questions:
1: “Why are you weeping?”
2: “Whom do you seek?”
And, from these questions, I also ask myself these questions:
+ What are the things that cause my tears?
+ Are they tears for myself or are they tears for others?
+ Do I cry for my own sufferings or do I shed my tears for the sufferings of my brothers and sisters?
+ Is my crying selfish, or does my crying stem from seeing the needs around me?
+ Who am I really looking for?
+ Am I looking for Jesus or am I looking for myself?
+ In everything I do, do I seek my own interests, my own satisfactions, my own comforts… or do I always seek the good of others?
Like Mary Magdalene, may we always weep at the losing of Jesus and always seek him from the love that loses those who love.
Good day.
Antonio María Sanjuán Marín, cmf
(Today’s image was created by the missionary in formation Naing Lin Htun, cmf)
