I am looking forward to finding out about St. Mary Magdalene and all the information about her feast days in times gone by. St. James is also a favourite Apostle of mine so July is a good month.
Same here, St. James is one of my favorites! Digging into St. Mary Magdalene's feast is SO fascinating and challenging...the current thinking is that three different Marys were conflated into one Magdalene, so the traditions vary widely!
Oh, wow, I will enjoy your research on that, for sure. She has been much maligned at times in church circles so the idea that she is not just the woman who wiped his feet with her tears interests me.
Amazingly, the current scholarship believes that the Magdalene isn't the woman who wiped Jesus' feet at all! Pope St. Gregory the Great conflated Mary of Bethany (sister of Martha and Lazarus) with Mary of Magdala, and it seems like that's where her association with the hair-wiping started. (I do like to imagine the wisdom that exists in these blends of tradition, though).
Ah, so it seems as if it was Mary. That fits in with my understanding of the relationship between Jesus and that family and also the mention of Mary of Magdala. I cannot wait.
I am looking forward to finding out about St. Mary Magdalene and all the information about her feast days in times gone by. St. James is also a favourite Apostle of mine so July is a good month.
Same here, St. James is one of my favorites! Digging into St. Mary Magdalene's feast is SO fascinating and challenging...the current thinking is that three different Marys were conflated into one Magdalene, so the traditions vary widely!
Oh, wow, I will enjoy your research on that, for sure. She has been much maligned at times in church circles so the idea that she is not just the woman who wiped his feet with her tears interests me.
Amazingly, the current scholarship believes that the Magdalene isn't the woman who wiped Jesus' feet at all! Pope St. Gregory the Great conflated Mary of Bethany (sister of Martha and Lazarus) with Mary of Magdala, and it seems like that's where her association with the hair-wiping started. (I do like to imagine the wisdom that exists in these blends of tradition, though).
Ah, so it seems as if it was Mary. That fits in with my understanding of the relationship between Jesus and that family and also the mention of Mary of Magdala. I cannot wait.