HOMILY ON THE FEAST OF SAINT MARY MAGDALENE (JULY 22)
St. Mary Magdalene (July 22) Songs of songs 3:1-4; John 20:1-2, 11-18 Today we celebrate the feast of St. Mary Madalene. The Holy Mother church guides us to reflect on her personality in relation to Jesus, leaving her as an exemplary figure that we may follow. Mary Magdalene was a native of Magdala, a village at the western shore of Galilee, known for commonly fishing. Not so much is said of her but the little spoken of her in the Gospels: she is recognized as a woman The Gospel of Luke refers to her as “Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza, and Susanna and many others, who provided for them (Jesus and his apostles) out of their resources” (Luke 8:2-3) The Gospels recognized her as one of those who stood by the foot of the cross at Golgotha. “But standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleopas, and Mary Magdalene” (Jn 19:25; Mt 27:55-56; Mk 15:40; Lk...