This is Holy Family School of Faith.

Welcome to our Rosie meditation.

Let's begin in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Amen.

Let's call to mind all those we've promised to pray for. This meditation is

drawn from the book Mary Magdalene prophetess of eucharistic love. Her feast day was yesterday and this meditation captured my imagination and so I share it with you.

We can imagine something of that moment of grace when Magdalene first felt called out of the darkness into God's wonderful light.

The exact nature of Mary's past life remains open to speculation, for all scripture says about

it is that she was known to be a sinful woman from whom seven

demons went forth.

Seven is the number that expresses completion or totality.

And to speak of seven demons may suggest that she was

afflicted by all kinds of sinful habits. She had done it all, so to speak.

demonic activity and sinful behavior always go hand in hand, and

the more the former is present, the more disordered is the latter.

The ancient tradition says that Mary was a very wealthy stock and her father

was a man named Cyrus who owned property all over Israel. Upon the death of their father,

her brother Lazarus remained in Jerusalem, while Bethany became the home of Martha, and Mary lived in a family property by the sea of Galilee in the coastal town called Magdala.

She quickly became the subject of conversation in the town,

for she was as beautiful as she was wealthy,

and such a combination often attracts the worst company.

After several years in this dark world of the rich and famous,

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