WOMEN'S DAY - MARY MAGDALENE AND LIFE LESSONS!

Today being Women's Day, I was thinking of whom to post about. Apparently the first person who struck my mind was our Blessed Mother of the Lord. But after a few moments I felt like I had to talk about another Mary - Mary Magdalene! A Mary who was like everyone of us - a human, born with original sin, remained in the slush of sin for a good number of years and how she went on to become one of the most prominent women followers of Christ!

To many the very reaction on hearing her name would be like "eeeww" but I tell you by the end of this post that "eeeww" would become "awww".

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Contrary to how she was traditionally painted as an immoral woman based on Lk 7:37, the Bible never specifically mentions Mary Magdalene (as she is known) as one.

Mary Magdalene is named in Lk 8:2 as the woman from whom Christ Jesus expelled seven demons, and scholars are still debating whether she was a prostitute. In any case, she was a sinner like us, someone who needed Christ as much as we did. But her response to what Christ did for her should inspire and convict us to evaluate ourselves.

Here are a few things we should learn from her.

1) Christ's love sets even the worst of the worst free

Luke 8:2 described Mary as having had seven demons. The number seven is considered a number of "completeness," indicating just how severe her condition was. Satan must have had great control over her life. Based on this, we understand that she was in grave need of deliverance. We also read in the same verse that Christ set her free from those demons.

No matter how "hopeless" or "deep in sin" we may be, Christ can and wants to set us free.

2) Being saved should result in a life lived for God

Mary Magdalene was a passionate follower of Christ. In her we see a woman who so gratefully followed Christ, being thankful for the salvation she received. 

In her gratefulness to Christ, she became one of the women who supported Christ's work of preaching the Gospel. She spent her wealth supporting His work (cf. Lk 8:1-3).

In the same way, we should ask ourselves, "Am I really grateful to Christ for saving me?" If we said yes to that, "Am I living my life in pursuit of Him?" She showed Him such love. Do we do the same?

3) Christ should be the one we love the most

The Bible tells us that Mary grieved deeply at the death of Jesus Christ. She was there when Christ was put in trial. She was there when the Lord hung on the cross. She was there when Christ gave up His Spirit. She was there when Jesus was buried. And when Christ disappeared from the tomb, she wept even more because she wanted to see Him.

Christ rewarded her by showing His resurrected self to her first. And what a response she had! (cf. Jn 20:15-16)

A life worth emulating!

Mary Magdalene represents us – not just women alone - but all the people who are in grave need for the Lord Jesus Christ. But, do we gratefully respond to Christ's love in the same way that she did? Let us be challenged to love Christ the way Mary Magdalene, the unpopular woman of the New Testament, who's a thousand times worth remembering!

Did you know? Now she's a saint. Yes, you heard it right!

And finally a very Happy Women's Day to every beautiful soul. Feminity is truly a gift and is definitely a reflection of God's love to this world.

In a world of toxic masculinity and toxic feminism we need Real Feminity and Real Masculinity.

Let these biblical women and men be your role models. Our Blessed Mother and St. Joseph are the perfect examples among all these for us to look upto!