I think Mary Magdalene should rather be thought of as “ever-faithful” instead of perpetually penitent. It was she who stuck by Jesus on his hardest day when everyone else fled. And it is she who, in the shadows of the early morning, rose to anoint his body, faithful to the end. Or...
These things therefore the soldiers did. 25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman,...
47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. 16 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. 2 And very early in the morning the first day of...
InJohn’s renditionof the Resurrection story today, Mary Magdalene stands weeping outside the tomb. An angel in white asks why she is weeping. She has lost her Lord twice–once in death by crucifixion and now his body is seemingly stolen. Then Jesus appears and asks her why she is weepin...
InJohn’s renditionof the Resurrection story today, Mary Magdalene stands weeping outside the tomb. An angel in white asks why she is weeping. She has lost her Lord twice–once in death by crucifixion and now his body is seemingly stolen. Then Jesus appears and asks her why she is weepin...
These things therefore the soldiers did. 25 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. 26 When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman,...