Mary Magdalene, the woman Jesus loved
The mysterious personage of Mary Magdalene has always intrigued me, long before Dan Brown’s fascinating and controversial book, “The Da Vinci Code,” published in 2003, catapulted her to worldwide prominence.
The mysterious personage of Mary Magdalene has always intrigued me, long before Dan Brown’s fascinating and controversial book, “The Da Vinci Code,” published in 2003, catapulted her to worldwide prominence.
It’s almost not news, the announcement that award-winning musical theater and film actress Joanna Ampil has been cast to play Mary Magdalene in a new production of Andrew Lloyd Weber’s rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar,” scheduled to open in Tokyo this October.
Which of the following descriptions of Mary Magdalene is not true?
I was shocked upon reading Asuncion David Maramba’s article, “Closing the gap between priest and people” in the May 26 issue of the Inquirer, in which she mentioned that a Catholic priest, during a TV Mass, described Mary Magdalene as “a prostitute, possessed by the devil.”
He is risen! It happened on that first glorious Easter morning. Mary Magdalene, carrying flasks and bundles of spices and aloe, entered the garden, hoping to minister to the
The theory that Christ could have been married is seen with great skepticism in the Vatican and by historians.
A controversial development points to what could be a missing text of the Holy Gospel, indicating that Jesus may have actually been married—and to someone believed to be named Mary.
In explaining what his great novel, “Noli Me Tangere,” was about, José Rizal famously notes that it “is a satire and not an apologia… there is in it pessimism and blackness because I see much infamy in my country…”
In last week’s column, we showed how the early Catholic hierarchy tried to marginalize Mary Magdalene by portraying her as a prostitute and a repentant sinner, although there is absolutely no evidence in the Bible that this was so.
This coming Holy Week, as in previous holy weeks, the entire Christendom commemorates the passion, crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The focus will be on him alone and, to a minor extent, on the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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