Father, Your Son first entrusted to Saint Mary Magdalene the joyful news of His Resurrection. - Opening Prayer for Mass.
Back in the fun days of the Da Vinci Code I had more discussions about this saint than any since the Blessed Mother's latest apparition. Even very knowledgeable Catholics would ask if there was any truth to it. My stock reply was if it is true, we are completely screwed because Jesus is not God according to that belief. Second to that, did Jesus and the Magdalene have a "thing" going on is the persistent misconception of her life as a prostitute. Even the church is guilty of carrying water for this misconception thanks to St. Gregory the Great who misidentified the woman who washed the feet of Jesus with her tears and dried them with her hair. Could she be? I'm sure there is a remote chance, but Mary Magdalene is always mentioned by name in the scriptures.
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