When the Twelve Apostles had either betrayed, denied, or forsaken Jesus, four faithful women kept vigil at Jesus’ crucifixion and stood near his cross—these four women were his mother, his aunt, Mary Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. And the woman who is mentioned most in the New Testament, even more than the mother of Jesus, is Mary Magdalene—the most faithful of all Jesus’ disciples and the woman who would become the Easter Evangelist and the Apostle to the Apostles.
Easter 2023: Mary Magdalene: The Easter Evangelist
April 9, 2023 • Brian Zahnd
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It seems as though we’re all born a long way from home. Perhaps it doesn’t feel this way in the innocence of childhood, but as we move into adulthood we begin to feel like strangers in a strange land, and we have to find where we belong, where we can be at home. We can feel like strangers within creation because we feel a certain estrangement from our Creator—God can seem distant, remote, unknowable, or to some, even nonexistent. This is part of the human experience; this is our predicament. But there is good news, and the good news is that Jesus is the way home.