Easter: Mary Midwife of Ressurection

Today let us shout in praise for Mary Magdalene, Our Lady Midwife to the Resurrection.

Mary, help us again to grieve the loss, help us face down their spears, and help us find the new life of God's Liberation.

She prepared oils for burial and faced her grief

She confronted soldiers and faced her fear

She went through the unknown and kept her love alive.

She spread the good news and shepherded in the unity of the movement.

When we feel like death, violence, and oppression have the last word, let us learn to be like Mary and keep our love alive.

Let us work to show that Christ has risen and the Cross is not the last word.

Love will triumph and empire fails.

Mary, help us again to grieve the loss, help us face down their spears, and help us find the new life of God's Liberation.