I’m Marie. They call me Mary Magdalene. I know, I’ve made many mistakes in my life. I insulted God with my sins. I was weak, fragile, and troubled. I couldn’t get out of it. I thought no one would help me anymore. And then He came. Jesus entered my life. I had the grace to live at that time when the „Word became the Body“, when God came into the world in the Son, in Jesus. He set me free and banished seven evil spirits from me. After this encounter with Jesus, my life changed. Not just for a moment, he changed forever. Since then, I have always wanted to be close to him, to spend time with him, and listen to him. His word reached the heart. His words changed people. His word healed the sick, raised the dead, and cast out evil spirits. His word was Spirit and life. I accompanied him during his mission in Israel, together with the other women, I helped him as much as I could.
When Jesus was captured, I experienced fear. I didn’t know how it would end. But even then, I wanted to be with him. As the evangelist St. writes about me. John – I was under the cross with the Virgin Mary, and I cried. My heart was very saddened by the sight of Jesus doing the work of redemption, all wounded. I was unaware of it at the time. I thought it was over. I was also at Jesus’ funeral and saw his lifeless body being placed in the grave.
On the first day of the week, I went to the grave to anoint his body with oil. But the stone was rolled away. I ran to Peter and Jan and told them about it. They went there and saw that it was as I told them. That’s when I saw the man I was about to meet at the grave; she thought he was a gardener. I felt so until he addressed me by my name: Marie. That’s when I met him; I knew he was Jesus. That he is my Jesus, whom I love so much. My heart was filled with great joy that the one my soul loves lives. I immediately went to announce this joy to the other disciples: I saw the Lord. Reflecting on my life now, I can divide it into two distinct parts.
1st life before I met Jesus
2nd life after I met Jesus
I want to tell you all: God never breaks a stick over you. He will not break the broken reed and put out the smoldering wick. Jesus entered my miserable life full of sin and set me free. And so I could start a new life—a new life as a beloved child of God.
I know life is hard, and Jesus wants to help you live it with Him. Obey him in what he tells you through the Holy Scriptures, through your bishops, priests, and deacons. Receive him often in the Eucharist, because the Eucharist is the source and peak of the entire Christian life. Adore him, thank him, ask him for mercy, ask him for forgiveness. Jesus was thinking of you then at Golgotha, nailed to the cross by your sins.