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Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene and Jesus in the garden, a

symbol of the despair of the Holy Bride who

and the Sacred Cup does not find her beloved:

by Massimo Agostini But Mary had lain out of the
sepulcher to weep. And, as she

cried, she leaned into the tomb (...)

She turned back and saw Jesus,

standing there; But she did not

know that it was Jesus. Jesus said

to her: Woman why are you

crying? Who are you looking for? '

She thinking it was the gardener,

said to him: "Lord, if you took him
away, tell me where you have

placed him, and I will take it."

Jesus said to her: «Mary! ». And

she then, turning around, Said:
« Rabbi! » That means: Master.

As emerges from the Gospels, Mary Jesus said to her: "Do not touch

Magdalene is the main protagonist who me, for I have not yet risen to my

participates, in an almost exclusive way, to father; But go to my Brothers and

the most significant and symbolic events of tell themr that I go up to my

the Christian message: Passion, Crucifixion, Father and your Father, to my God
resurrection. and your God '.

Then Mary Magdalen went to
All the disciples in the decisive hour, that of

the supreme sacrifice of Christ, are afraid, proclaim to the disciples who had

they flee. There are three women who are seen the Lord, and that he had told

loyal to Jesus, standing by his side, until his her these things. John. 20:11,18)
martyrdom on Golgotha!

An image of sublime poetry like that of the
It is always the women – among all Mary

Magdalene – the first witnesses of the bridegroom and the bride in the garden of the

resurrection, and it is precisely to Mary Song of Songs

Magdalene that Christ entrusts the mystery I came into my garden, my sister,
of the resurrection so that he may transmit my bride, and I gather my myrrh

it to the other apostles. and my balm; I eat my

According to the Gospels, the love of the honeycomb and my honey, I drink

elect is evident and handed down through my wine and my milk.

Mary of Magdalene: the only priestess Eat, friends, drink; become drunk
entrusted with the new message of the yourself with love. (Ct.: 5.1

Risen Christ.

A love wisely conveyed by the Gospel of

John in the story of the encounter between
In This message there is the symbolism of a

spiritual path that has as its foundation the

love of the Sacred Woman: a role for other