8th Sunday after Pentecost 2015
St. Mary Magdalene is one of the only saints given the title of “Penitent.” After living a life of great impurity, she became one of the most dedicated disciples of Our Lord. She is sometimes called “The Thirteenth Apostle” because of the great privileges she received in witnessing the death of Christ and announcing His Resurrection. When she heard Our Lord call her name after He had risen, she fell at His feet and embraced Him, in a gesture which implied her unwillingness to lose Him again. She was later arrested and sent off in a boat without oars, so that she and her companions might die at sea, but she was miraculously carried to the south of France where she lived in contemplation of God to the end of her days.
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