If Mary Magdalene so often embodies the “scarlet woman” trope, she also stands as an icon of Christian culture’s suspicion of women’s stories and of our seeming untrustworthiness. For—once we have ...

But if you read John 11 without Martha, then you can see that John seems to be deliberately putting the idea in readers’ heads that Lazarus’s sister Mary could be Mary Magdalene. She’s named Mary, and ...

Mary may have come into contact with Jesus because of his healing powers. “Seven demons had gone out of her,” says Luke (Luke 8:2). Some scholars believe that the Magdalene may be the same ...

Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene. Songs 3:1-4b; Jn 20:1-2, 11-18. ... The two Apostles depart and Mary remains, weeping at the tomb. Her encounter with the risen Christ happens in stages.

Then one Sunday this past Easter season I casually said to her, “You are our Mary Magdalene.” I received a blank stare. Later I realized she was thinking of the misconception that has endured ...

According to the canonical New Testament gospels, Mary Magdalene was a follower of Jesus who supported his ministry from her own means, was witness to his crucifixion and the first witness to his ...

But “Penitent Mary Magdalene” is about a woman crying because of a man. She is crying with regret about her sinful and opulent past, with hints of it around her.

Mary Magdalene is commonly labelled a prostitute, ... Leaving Mary alone, weeping at the tomb, a man appears to Mary and asks why she is crying. She doesn’t recognise him, ...

Whether you believe she was a penitent prostitute, the wife of Jesus or the apostle’s apostle, Mary Magdalene and her story have intrigued the nation since Dan Brown published “The Da Vinci ...

In this gnostic gospel, Mary Magdalene appears as a disciple, singled out by Jesus for special teachings. In this excerpt, the other disciples are discouraged and grieving Jesus' death. Mary ...