St. Mary Magdalene
Appointed Lessons
Judith 9:1,11-14 * 2 Corinthians 5:14-18 * John 20:11-18 * Psalm 42:1-7
Scripture quotations labeled NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, and used by permission.
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Preaching Today
Rowan Williams: Call Us by Our Names
“To think about the life of Mary Magdalene and her encounter with Jesus is to think about somebody who is put together by love, drawn together by grace, and given an identity that, for the first time, makes sense. Jesus seems to have had—and why should this surprise us?—a unique gift in this respect.”
Articles
Jean Meade: Is Mary Magdalene the Patron Saint of Alcoholics?
“We’ll never know exactly what Mary’s seven demons were, but many Christians who are afflicted by ‘demon rum’ in its myriad forms could perhaps take courage from her story and find hope and deliverance by following her example and asking for her intercession.”
Graham Kings: Magdalene
“Who is this woman facing this man?
Head lightly inclined,
Eyes wide open, gazing;
Hands uplifted, palms upward, surprised;
Gorgeously arrayed.”
