The church celebrate it as a memorial, but in our town we celebrate it as a solemnity because she is our patron saint.
Mary Magdalene is my favorite saint, thats why I dedicate this entry as a tribute to her.
Christians, Catholics or non- catholic we can learn many things from this women as we recognize ourselves as followers of Jesus.
Who is Mary Magdalene??
Among all the characters in the Bible, I think Mary of Magdala is the one with a most confusing identity.
Some said that she is a prostitute and someone that commits many sins.
The bible did not say any name for the prostitute. I dont know why people said that it is Mary Magdalene.
If Mary Magdalene is with us now, maybe she might said, "ok, if thats what you know about me. The most important is what happens to me when Jesus became a part of my life".
According to the sacred scriptures, Mary is the one that has been healed by Jesus from 7 demons.
From that day of encounter with Jesus, Mary became a follower to Him.
Mary felt the love of Jesus for her, and because of that She also loves Jesus.
She offers herself to follow the Lord, to learn from God.
She follow Jesus until death.
When Jesus is persecuted, all the disciples of Jesus hides because of fear except John.
Together with Mary the mother of God and the beloved disciple of Jesus, Mary Magdalene follows Jesus up to the foot of the cross.
Because of the love she felt from Jesus.
Bravely, she continue the journey with Christ.
At the foot of the cross, she continues to cry as she sees her master hanging in there, bloody.
She became brave to follow Him because of her love for Jesus.
During the time of resurrection, she went to the tomb of Jesus very early.
For me, this manifest the great love of Mary to Jesus and her desire to see and give respect even to the dead body of her Master.
as what we know, Mary saw an empty tomb.
she told this to the other apostles, and when the other apostles also see the empty tomb they go back home, but Mary stays there, crying.... hurting so much because of the death of Jesus and now because of His missing body.
and because of her cry Jesus heard her call, and the risen Lord appears to her calling her name "Mary" and by this she recognize that it is Jesus.
Mary Magdalene becomes the bearer of the Good News, the Best news.
The Lord is Risen.
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples "I Have seen the Lord" and what Jesus told her.
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As a Christian, like Mary Magdalene we must learn how to follow Jesus because of love and not because of what we can get from Him
All of us are sinners, the most important is, do you recognize your sins and are you willing to ask for the forgiveness of God?
All sins can be forgiven because of God's overflowing love and mercy.
Offer your life to God, let us Love Jesus like Mary, because in the first place we are Loved by Him.
Let Jesus be your number 1 desire.
Like Mary that desires to see the lord and persevere to see Him.
Not like the other apostles who go home when they saw an empty tomb.
Because of Her perseverance, the Lord appears to her and became the first to see the Risen Jesus.
Let us pray that in our life like Mary we may say, "I have seen the Lord".
Lets make the life of Mary Magdalene as an example to listening, following and Loving Jesus.
May your life be truly blessed,
Ash
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