As I approach my trip to Australia this summer, I have decided to do a little research, especially regarding the animals. There are many intriguing species, as well as, many poisonous species. There is the box jellyfish that can kill in minutes, the red back spider that is like the black widow, the brown and tiger snakes that are not your ordinary garden snakes. There is the salt water crocodile and sharks that are always hungry. There are also Kangaroos and dingos.
But the most intriguing animals by far is a bird, the Kookabura. The Kookabura, is a creature that looks like a cross between a duck and barn swallow. It is small and squatty with a big bill. It is known for its laughter. It laughs. The bird will laugh predominantly when its mate has returned from along absence. Upon its arrival it will be greeted with laughter, almost as if the joy as returned.
When one begins to laugh they all laugh and before you know it the tree comes alive with laughter.
In today's gospel Mary Magdalene is weeping and sad for Jesus is dead. She sits outside the tomb filled with emptiness and grief. Only when she looks into the empty tomb does she open herself up to conversion. Upon realizing the tomb is empty she is able to be open to reality, and soon she encounters the risen Lord. The empty tomb begins to fill her emptiness.
Her tears of sorrow and grief soon become tears of joy, as she clings to Christ, the source of joy itself. Mary is sent on a mission to spread the news. She is no longer the same. She is now filled with laughter, she now begins to laugh in the laughter of God for the bridegroom has returned. He had been absent for three days, and having returned from the dead, love now has a reason to laugh, not unlike the Kookabura bird. The whole world now becomes charged with laughter and with the news that Mary spreads, all are invited to laugh.
Jesus has returned, love returns to bring us home, now we may laugh in the laughter of God.
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