SAINT MARY MAGDALEN

Mariam, alias Saint Mary of Magdala, hence Magdalen was the first to see the Risen Lord.

Mariam was the first Missionary. It is recorded in the Gospel that the Risen Lord commissioned her to go and tell ‘my brothers’, (the words of the Master), that I AM Risen.

Why wonder? Some ask why of all the Disciples and Apostles, a woman, an ex-sinner was chosen to be the first Missionary, and the first to see the Risen Lord?

A reason there must be; Mariam must have had strong faith that the Master will rise again, whilst all the rest doubted, at some point or other.

Besides let’s not forget Christ’s words about her: “She was forgiven ‘much’ because she loved ‘much’.

The word ‘much’ holds the key to that profound declaration of Christ; He did not say ‘because she lived ‘many’. The word ‘much’ is boundless in amount, and that is the way we have to love God.