Fr Ezekoka Peter Onyekachi
We might want to look at the amazing life of this lady apostle, Mary Magdalene in these three levels: She moved from sinfulness to discipleship and then to a missionary.
She has been associated to be the sinful woman who washed the feet of Jesus in Luke 7:36-50. And this notion about her led many traditions to view her as a symbol of penance and contrition, of mercy and grace; a sinner turned saint.
As a disciple, she traveled with Jesus and helped to support his ministry (cf. Luke 8:2-3)
As a missionary, she witnessed and was sent by the Lord himself to tell the story of the resurrection to the disciples.
We too might experience these stages in our journey of faith, from sinfulness to discipleship and to mission and ministry. And sometimes, these stages might crisscross. Thus, the celebration of this great feast reminds us that God's grace is always at work within us to turn us as sinners that we are into disciples of Christ and then into ministers in the Church for the Church and for the society. And so as we live our lives as ministers, we must constantly remind ourselves of those very words of Mary Magdalene: I have seen the Lord. One can imagine how excited Mary was as she told her testimony to the apostles. So too, we experience great excitements in our journey of faith. Surely, our target is to live always like people who have seen the Lord, making our faith felt by others. Yes, faith might be compared to a WiFi. It might not be visible but it is powerful and useful to connect us to Christ and to one another. And this is what we need. We desire to be connected always. I pray we all stay connected.
God bless you.
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