Easter Saturday
Many days ago Mary Magdalene
Came from the empty tomb
Apostle to the apostles I have seen the
Lord
Then she drops from history
If not from imagination
And what an imagination we have had
We have a salacious need to have in the story some
Sex
Joined to sin this sex must be of course
And a woman must be the villain
But Mary of Magdala was no prostitute
She was simply a woman who by Jesus was
Healed
She was healed and was grateful
And joined his followers
Providing for the men
Out of their purse and their
Gratitude
Jesus called her by name in the garden
And so she knew him whom she had known not
As the gardener or body-snatcher
In her mourning her name and that voice brought
Joy
Mary of Magdala deserves more
Than she has gotten from our ignorance
Would should follow her to serve
When no one else would a thereby be an
Apostle
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