Imaginative Contemplation

Mary and the Risen Lord

Ignatius of Loyola · 1491–1556

In the grey dawn of the garden, weeping at the empty tomb, Mary mistakes the risen Jesus for the gardener — until he speaks one word: her name. Stand near her, and hear him say yours.

St Ignatius of Loyola, Spiritual Exercises (composition of place, §47; colloquium, §54). Scripture: John 20:11–18, World English Bible.