Mary remained weeping for her friend Jesus who had been all the world to her, and whose death ad meant the loss of that world. With great courage to be alone, and great courage to love despite devastating loss, she struggled to carry on, hoping to find and rebury Jesus' missing body. Suddenly Jesus stood before her alive again, calling her name. She turned, reaching, and said "Rabbouni! " "Noli me tangere, " he replied- "don't touch me." If the courage to be alone requires also the courage to love, the courage to love still does not overcome loneliness. .Robert Cummings Neville
About This Quote
In the Gospel of Luke, when Jesus said to Mary Magdalene, "Don't touch me," he was not denying her. He was saying, in effect, that he would never be denied. When we go to church or church meetings and we see that people come and go, we may feel that there is something missing. That true worshipers are not always there.
There is a whole world of people who want to worship God and who do not even know the Lord. Jesus said to Mary Magdalene, "Don't touch me." What comforted her was the knowledge that Jesus was saying, "My presence will never be denied."
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