In today’s GB News Daily Reflection, we look at equality and Jesus’s apostle choice.“Jesus allowed women to sit at his feet as disciples and we hear Mary Magdalene was chosen as the first apostle.“This means for all women, Jesus counted them equally with men, for ordained women who wear the collar can be confident of their place at the front of the Church. A place affirmed by Jesus himself.”
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00:00The Chibi News Daily Reflection
00:04Hi, I'm Brenda from St Francis Parish Church.
00:11In John's Gospel, we hear after Jesus' crucifixion,
00:15Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb.
00:21She stood weeping outside and bent to look into the tomb.
00:25Mary saw two angels in white, sitting where the body of Jesus had been.
00:31They said, Why are you weeping?
00:33And she said, They have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him.
00:40Mary turned and saw Jesus standing there.
00:43Jesus said to her, Mary, and she replied in Hebrew, Rabbuni, which means teacher.
00:50Jesus sent her to announce to the disciples,
00:53I have seen the Lord.
00:56And she told them the things he had said to her.
00:59The word apostle means one who is sent.
01:03A woman, Mary Magdalene, became the first apostle,
01:08the first to meet Jesus by the tomb after his resurrection,
01:12then sent to share the good news with the disciples.
01:16This earned her the name, the apostle to the apostles.
01:20What does this mean for people today?
01:24Jesus allowed women to sit at his feet as disciples,
01:28and we hear Mary Magdalene was chosen by Jesus as the first apostle.
01:34This means for all women, Jesus counted us equally with men.
01:38For ordained women who wear the collar,
01:42we can be confident of our place at the front of church,
01:46a place denied by some,
01:49but a place affirmed by Jesus himself,
01:52to share with men,
01:54humbly,
01:55yet equally in God's mission on earth.
01:58Amen.
01:59Amen.