Saint Mary Magdalen…
Saint Mary Magdalen
Revisiting Saint Mary Magdalen:
Saint Mary Magdalen…… I can identify with St. Mary. She was a rich party girl and I was a rich arrogant party boy. She was under the control of seven demons, demigods that rendered her powerless. I too was powerless over small gods that were destroying me. My story is long but I remember when I was broken and cried out ‘Lord Help me’….
CS Lewis wrote in “Membership” (in the Body of Christ) this tribute to St. Mary Magdalen:
“It is nice to be still under the care of St. Mary Magdalen…The allegorical sense of her great action dawned on me the other day. The precious alabaster box which one must break over the Holy Feet is one’s heart. Easier said than done. And contents become perfume only when broken. While they are safe inside they are like sewage. All very alarming.”
Earlier I posted:
St. Mary Magdalen has always been a favorite biblical character of mine. She was one of Jesus’ inner circle and the first to see the Risen Lord. Her redemption from a ‘rich party woman’ (some say worse) with seven demon possessions to one closest to Christ give hope to us all…I enjoy the group ‘Cry Cry Cry’ so I share this….
(This I first saw during Lent. I reviewed it today and will soon be reading about the other Mary.)
DKS