Life Of St Mary Magdalen: The Life Story of St Mary Magdalene the First Apostle and Apostle to the Apostles as Theological Biography

A rich historical examination of the life of St Mary Magdalene and her theological significance as the first disciple to come to Jesus for the repentance of sin. About the author: William George McCloskey (1823 – 1909) as ordained as a priest in the Catholic Church in 1835. Later, he attended Georgetown University where he attained a Doctor of Divinity. In 1868 he became the Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky where he founded numerous churches and introduced of religious orders, including the Benedictines, the Little Sisters of the Poor, and the Franciscan Sisters. Passage from Life Of St Mary Magdalen Mary Magdalen hearkened to the words of Christ and was converted to a better life. She did not wait for the morrow, but as soon as she felt that her heart had been touched by divine grace, she rose up at once, and sought Him who alone could heal the wounds of her soul, and bring comfort to a heart that now so earnestly yearned for it. She was the first penitent who went to Jesus for the forgiveness of her sins. She finds Him at the house of Simon the Pharisee, pays no heed to the presence of the guests who were there, but with the sole thought that He alone could cure her, she throws herself at His feet, bedews them with tears of penitential love, wipes them with her luxuriant hair, and silently awaits from the lips of Jesus those tender words of forgiveness which she knows He will pronounce over her. Many sins are forgiven her, because she loved much. SELECTED BOOK CHAPTERS Explanation of St. Mary Magdalen’s Name The Noble Birth and Ancient Lineage of Mary Magdalen St. Mary Magdalen’s Personal Beauty and Mental Gifts Of the Sinful Life Which for a Time Mary Magdalen Led What Events Moved Magdalen to Her Conversion That the Justification of the Sinner is One of God’s Greatest Works When, Where, and How St. Mary Magdalen was Justified by Christ The Virtues Magdalen Manifested in her Conversion How Magdalen was Made Apostle of the Apostles How Mary Magdalen was Present at the Ascension of our Lord and the Descent of the Holy Ghost The Blessed Death of St. Mary Magdalen