Mary the Magdalene

Apologetics
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I. The unnamed repentant woman, in the house of Simon the Pharisee in Galilee

“A woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that he was reclining in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. Standing behind at his feet weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.” (Lk. 7:36-50)

II. Lazarus and Martha’s sister, Mary, in the house of Simon the Leper in Bethany

"Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. It was that Mary who had anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick. (Jn. 11:1-2)

"Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came to him having an alabaster jar of very expensive ointment, and she poured it on his head as he sat at the table. ‘Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.’” (Matt. 26:6-13)

"While he was at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at the table, a woman came having an alabaster jar of ointment of pure nard—very costly. She broke the jar, and poured it over his head. ‘Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her.’” (Mk. 14:3-9)

“Then six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. So they made him a supper there. Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with him. Therefore Mary took a pound of ointment of pure nard, very precious, and anointed Jesus’s feet and wiped his feet with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment.” (Jn. 12:1-8)

III. Mary Magdalene

Summary

In Simon the Pharisee’s house, a woman who had been a well-known sinner, came to Jesus having brought with her an alabaster jar filled with ointment, already feeling repentant for her many sins, and weeping she accused herself, humiliating herself in a humble public confession represented by her tears. Using her hair, she wiped the tears, as well as the ointment, onto Jesus’s feet, thus consecrating herself as a disciple of His. In return, Jesus said to her that she was forgiven and saved, because she loved much. (Lk. 7:36-50)

In Simon the Leper’s house, Lazarus and Martha’s sister, Mary, displayed the same personal gesture as the woman in Simon the Pharisee’s house, though it was not humiliated so much, and it was more confidential in its reverent adoration. She came to Jesus having brought with her an alabaster jar filled with ointment, which she had kept for him, and poured the ointment onto His head and feet, without shedding any tears, and wiped it on Him using her hair. She felt that Jesus was about to die, and she wanted to anticipate the burial anointing for His body. In return, Jesus memorialized the gesture she made to Him. (Matt. 26:6-13, Mk. 14:3-9, Jn. 12:1-8)

It’s not unheard of for a person to repeat a personal gesture for different reasons or with a different feeling behind it. There are personal gestures which are repeated and are peculiar to a person, like the person’s style. They are unmistakable gestures. Therefore, at the very least, it’s reasonable to deduce that the unnamed repentant woman, in the house of Simon the Pharisee, and Lazarus and Martha’s sister, Mary—both of whom anointed Jesus using their hair—were the same person. Furthermore, considering the Evangelists thought it noteworthy to mention this Mary, once a well-known sinner, who became a disciple of Jesus, and her personal gesture of anointing Jesus with her hair on two separate occasions, which He memorialized, and that Mary Magdalene was also once a well-known sinner, who became a significant woman disciple, it’s also reasonable to deduce that these women were the same person.

Additionally, Maria Valtorta, another true spokesperson of God, received and described visions of scenes from Jesus’s life on earth. And, in her account, she reconfirms that Mary Magdalene, Lazarus and Martha’s sister, Mary, and the unnamed repentant woman in the house of Simon the Pharisee, were the same person. The parents of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary were Theophilus—a Syrian, who was the governor of Antioch, a faithful servant of Caesar—and Eucheria. Mary was a well-known prostitute, even among the Romans in Israel, and thus the disgrace of her family. By extension, her family was affected. They couldn’t go among people without having to put up with their mockery, including from the Pharisees and scribes, and Martha never married, because no one married the sister of a prostitute. During this time, Mary resided in Magdala, before she converted and lived with Lazarus in Bethany to help care for him while he was sick and dying. Mary’s conversion was a process, rather than an event. She, once a great sinner, became a great convert and disciple. I highly recommend reading Mary Magdalene and The Story of Mary Magdalene (both extracted from The Poem of the Man-God), as well as A Summa and Encyclopedia to Maria Valtorta’s Extraordinary Work, especially the chapters on proof in support of her writings having a supernatural origin.

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So what can we learn from all of this? What was the social standing of these women, or this woman. Not very nice. Not respectable. Not upper class. Not president of anything. Not corporate executive, CEO. No. The lowest part of the social order. But Jesus said that her position was the highest, the most respectable, the most honorable………why? “Because she loved so much.” And this is the message of Jesus, to love God with all of our heart, all of our strength. And can we separate God from His son? Therefore this woman was following the teachings of Jesus………better than you and I. Because she loved him. She loved him enough to wash his feet. Not his hands. Not his back. But his feet. Bathed his feet with sweet oil, and wiped his feet dry with her hair. Therefore real love for Jesus is more meaningful to him than our social position, than our little acts of good deeds, than our keeping rules. The rich man who came to Jesus asking what is the next step. Jesus said give it all away and follow me. But he couldn’t do it. He had to choose between being personally with Jesus and keeping his wealth. And he chose his wealth. He was the proverbial camel that could don’t pass through the eye of a needle. Therefore Jesus accepts this service from this woman from a protitute, in order to have us understand that our genuine love for him, total humility before him, is more meaningful to him than the highest social position in this world.

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Theses lines jumped out at me:

(Later, Jesus explains His attitude to His disciple and future apostle, Simon the Zealot…)
”………….. But I will not force a resurrection on spirits, because they are not made of matter, which is lifeless without a soul, whereas spirits are immortal beings capable of rising of their own will….”

Jesus is making a distinction between spirit and matter. Spirit in not made from matter. And matter is lifeless without a soul. The conclusion of what Jesus is teaching us is that “I am not this material body. I am spirit.” But because I identify with this body as me, I serve these material senses in my pursuit of happiness and fulfillment. I serve the demands of my mind and senses. But they are never satisfied. This is the service of Mammon. Jesus says we cannot have two masters. But until we learn how to derive the happiness of the spirit……we continue to seek the happiness of the flesh. This is the service of Mammon. And the measure of love of God is that when love of God exists in our heart, love of Mammon cannot remain, just as darkness cannot stand before the light. Therefore we can judge ourselves in this way. How free have I become from the demands of the flesh?

But like my brother Stephen repeatedly says, “…..Heaven fulfilled through Two Natures, From the Spirit through the created souls of all …….through the flesh becoming One Body. Love transfomes Flesh Nature becoming immortality.”

In other words, when the spirit becomes successful in the cultivation of love of God, the material body becomes subordinate to the dictates of the spirit. Whereas without being blessed with genuine love of God, the spirit follows the demands of the flesh. Jesus says, we cannot serve two masters. But to be freed from the shackles, as servant of the flesh, the price is love of God. We can measure our selves by how we live.

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Wasn’t it a actual Pope who literally changed Magdalene into a prostitute?

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Probably, or someone religious down the line said that. But she was anything but a prostitute. If anything Maria Magdalena is a pretty important figure. Most people just don’t believe it, which is sad.

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Something I’ve learned, and have learned the hard way, is that, when someone disagrees with you, it doesn’t matter how much evidence you have, it doesn’t matter who told you and showed you this information, it just doesn’t matter period. You’ve already placed judgement on this, that she was a prostitute. You’ve made up your mind about her already, so anything I say is just going to go through one ear and out the other. I’m on this Earth to learn, plain and simple. I’m not here to try to prove someone wrong, why would I? It’s not like you’re granted superpowers for being right. It’s not like God is going to quiz me on how well I know the Catholic religion when I die, so what’s the point?

She was more than just that. She’s a great example for women, more than most people will ever know. I bet if more women knew the truth about Maria Magdalena, that we wouldn’t have feminists. Women are important after all.

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It’s based on evidence, but you’ll never believe me anyways. I’ve tried to talk to several people about this, but most people just shun me, or laugh in my face, or think I’m making this stuff up. It just tells me that most people aren’t ready to hear the evidence, or they simply just don’t have an open enough mind to do so. Which is fine. I’m part of the 2% anyways, I don’t fit in and never have fit in.

Well, one of the complaints that some women have is that The Bible is very sexist. And with the current version that everyone has, I would unfortunately agree. But Maria Magdalena is one of the women in The Bible that women should look up to. That and Sophia. Women need to innerstand that they are just as important as man. Because Sophia and Mary Magdalena was never talked about in depth, I can’t help but innerstand why some women have become feminists. Women need to know they matter.

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I mean, if we’re being honest here, why does it matter? Again, it’s not like we’re gonna die and be quizzed on Maria Magdalena anyways. Knowing this information isn’t going to grant you a free ticket to Heaven, or you get special treatment. It just seems like everyone is so concerned about being right. Like don’t get me wrong, I don’t advocate for anyone to break a law, because obviously that’s wrong, but what happened to approaching everything through a lense of learning? Why do we have to label something as right or wrong and instead, we should be asking the question “What can I learn from this?” Cause when you’re trying to learn something, you’re not always going to be right the first time anyways. But even if you learn something the wrong way, well you still learned something anyways right? Yes, you learned the wrong way to do something, but now that you’ve learned that, you won’t do that anymore. It took Benjamin Franklin several times, and I mean a LOT of times to learn how to make a lightbulb the wrong way. He finally learned how to make it the right way. So, even the stuff that some people label as bad (except again for breaking the law, which is just wrong to begin with), you can still learn something from it.

I’m just saying man, if I told you where I got my information from, you just wouldn’t believe it period. I present the information to people who are ready for it, and believe me, most people are not. For a time I wasn’t ready for it either, but I found my answer. Let’s just say, my source is a 4 Star General who’s in charge of the Spaceforce. He has a Q Security Clearance, which is the highest security clearance in the United States Military, and he knows everything that is being hidden from the public eye. Yes, our own Bibles do not contain all of the truth. You’ll probably think of lying to you, but I’m being as serious as a heart attack. These 7 families (Who have been finally taken out) has run this sh*tshow on Earth for such a long time, they don’t want you knowing certain pieces of information. But go ahead and laugh at me or bombard me with your Bible, cause I’m telling you, the current Bible we have is so watered down, it may as well be a fairytale (Even though the original Bible makes so much more sense than the current one that’s in circulation).

I know the main points, but I’m always looking for something new to learn, so I will definitely check out the information you presented me with today.

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Well, I’m just the messenger, but, Mary Magdalene (even though her real name is Maria Magdalena, but these 7 psychopathic families don’t want you to know the truth), but Maria Magdalena was never a whore. There was a mention of a woman who broke her perfume bottle and washed Jesus’s feet with it, but that wasn’t who Maria Magdalena was. She was a good woman, and she even married Jesus, and they had a kid named Sophia (This isn’t the same Sophia that I referred to earlier. The Sophia I was talking about was an angel of sorts.). Read the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, you’ll find out that she knows how to escape this simulation. I don’t remember which books of the Bible that talks about this, but all I know is these books that were taken out actually makes more sense than the 66 books we have. And yes, I’m aware that the original Bible wasn’t one big book, but it was like scattered, like the Dead Sea Scrolls and so much more.

The thing of it is, these families did not want anyone finding out this information. And because these families are filthy rich means that they basically control every aspect of our lives. People will do anything for money nowadays, and it shows sadly. But these families control everything, including religion…which should have never been infiltrated to begin with. Women weren’t given as much of a prominent role in the current circulation of Bibles. This is one reason why Feminism became a thing. Granted it’s just one reason why, but these 7 families never cared for women. In fact, the whole reason why we have the LGBTQ+ movement is so that trans women would become the main women and not biological women. It sounds messed up, but it’s the truth. Yeah…these 7 families wanted to have their own family tree and through the centuries, using alien technology, have been trying to rid the world of Jesus’s bloodline, but they found out they couldn’t.

This gets really complicated but that’s the just of it. They’ve severely altered our Bible to fit their own agenda. That’s the sad fact of it all. They couldn’t alter everything, but they altered enough to where it doesn’t make sense, even though again, the original Bible makes more sense than our current Bible.

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Of course, I’ll never say no to learning. I might disagree with some of the things I learn, but I’m never against learning.

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To be clear, Pope St. Gregory the Great never slept with Mary Magdalene and give her money ; )

Some throughout tradition have speculated that Mary Magdalene was both Mary of Bethany (Luke 10:38-42) and the woman (prostitute) who washed Jesus’ feet with her tears and dried them with her hair (Luke 7:36-50). Pope Gregory was one of these who did.

Fr. Williams Saunders points out that Magdala is located along the Sea of Galilee. Luke 7 takes place as part of Jesus’ ministry in the area of the Sea of Galilee.

What we do know is that Jesus forgave the sins of the woman who anointed His feet in Luke chapter 7. And two chapters later, Mary Magdalene (by name) is described as the one “from whom seven demons had gone out” (Luke 8:1-3).

We also know that Mary Magdalene was at the foot of the Cross when Jesus was crucified (Mark 15:40; Matthew 27:56; John 19:25). She was also there for Christ’s burial and the first to discover the empty tomb and to see our risen Lord (John 20:1-18).

Are all three of these women the same person? It is possible. Do we know for certain? No. There are hints that they might be.

In John chapter 12, Jesus is at Martha’s house for a meal and Mary anointed Jesus feet with perfume and dries it with her hair. This is a different scene in Bethany. But the actions of the woman is similar. So, it could be that Mary of Bethany is the same woman described in Luke 7.

The question is, is this woman Mary Magdalene Maybe? And is the the woman who had seven demons cast out the same woman who anointed Jesus’ feet? Could be.