Late in the night, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene heard the news coming from North Carolina. Late in the night, a sweeping anti-LGBT bill overturned local ordinances protecting gay and transgender people.
So she ran and went to the disciples, the ones whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken Justice out of the court, and we do not know where they have laid it."
Peter and the other disciples set out to see for themselves. And they saw the remnants lying there. But the cloth, the compassion that covered Justice, was not with the remnants, but rolled up in a place by itself.
At first they did not understand, that Justice must be risen anew in each generation. Then the disciples returned to their homes.
But Mary stood weeping on the state legislature steps. As she wept, she bent over to look into the legislature; and she saw two angels in white -- spirits without gender, sitting where Justice had once rested; one at the head and one at the foot.
They said to her, "why are you weeping?" She said to them, "They have taken away Justice, and I do not know where they have laid Justice down."
When she turned she saw Justice standing there, whole and waiting, but she did not recognize it at first.
Justice spoke to her heart, "Whom are you looking for?" Supposing the speaker to be a lawyer, she said to Justice, "If you have carried Justice away, tell me where, and I will take Justice back."
But Justice spoke to Mary's heart, and called her by her name, and she knew once more.
Justice said, "Do not hold onto me here alone, for I have not yet risen in all our hearts. But go to my siblings and say to them, "I am rising. To my God and to your God. From heart to heart."
Mary Magdalene went and announced, "I have seen the Lord."