Was Mary Magdalene in love with Jesus? This
is a question that has arisen especially since
the years, let's say: 2005, with the Da Vinci
Code, a novel which depicts Jesus and Mary
Magdalene in love. But now, what I would like
to ask myself is: Was she, Mary Magdalene,
in love with Jesus?
Mary Magdalene is one of two women whom Jesus
calls: “woman”; with a third, whose name
we do not know. It means that she is the image
of women in all their qualities but also,
in her case, in all their flaws.
She was obviously looking for love. And she
was caught in the act of adultery with a man.
They took her to Jesus who saved her in every
possible way: they were going to stone her,
she was in total panic, and he said, “Let
him who is without sin among you be the first
to throw a stone at her.”
I know that some exegetes say that it is not
Mary Magdalene, but it's obvious that it's
Mary Magdalene. And so she’s shaken. Jesus
turned to her and asked: “Woman, has no
one condemned you?” And she replied: "No
one." He said to her: “Neither do I condemn
you; go, and do not sin again.”
With these two words, he saved her completely.
"I do not condemn you, I know your weakness.
But beware! You are sinning. Do not sin anymore."
From that day, she did everything to reform
her life, but she had within her, says Scripture,“seven
demons”. It means all the vices. She loved
pleasure, she loved love, she loved money
too. And so it was very difficult. But she
made all her efforts and Jesus was patient
with her, including when she relapsed.
One day, to thank him, she approached him
while he spoke in a house and she broke at
his feet the equivalent of a year's salary.
A bottle of magnificent perfume. And she began
to wipe the feet of Jesus with her hair and
she was crying, in gratitude.
People scorned her. All of them, even Judas
who was there said: "It would have been better
to sell this perfume and give the money to
the poor." But Jesus defended her and he said:
"This gesture, which she just made, and which
you did not make, not only is it for my burial,
but in addition it will be remembered until
the end of the world. ”
We can say that clearly, Mary Magdalene, once
again, saved in all possible ways by Jesus,
raised, honored.. Well, she loved him with
all her heart. Did she love him as a woman
loves a man, herself, in her feelings? Well
probably not from a physical attraction point
of view, I do not think so. There was such
a total grace emanating from Jesus. But from
a passion point of view. An all-encompassing
feeling. And we have signs of this. But also,
I would say, a deep admiration.
We have signs of this love, which is that
of a woman but where, I would say, the sexual
dimension probably does not intervene, such
is the nobility of Jesus. It is something
else.
When she wants, after his Passion that will
destroy her inside, - for she will be there
till the end, under the cross -, when she
absolutely wants to prevent the prophecy of
Jesus who had said: "No one will anoint me
for my burial! ”, she goes to the tomb on
Sunday morning with this perfume. She wants
to go against the words of Jesus. And we then
see from the behavior of the risen Jesus,
that he is still in the process of educating
her.
She sees a gardener, she does not find the
body of Jesus. So, crying she goes to the
gardener and she asks him: "Where did you
put my Lord's body?" She does not recognize
Jesus, which is terrible; a terrible purification.
It goes to show that she has a feeling that
Jesus wants to purify.
Then he calls her: “Mary!”. She recognizes
him and she throws herself at his feet, she
grabs him by the ankles, that's something
physical, she doesn't want to let him go,
she wants the body of Christ to be present.
And it is not, I will say it again, it is
not sexual. It is sentimental. As can be a
total love, from this woman. And Jesus answers
her: “Do not touch me, because I have not
yet ascended to my Father, and your Father”.
Visibly, there again, he educates her, so
that she enters into a more spiritual dimension
of love. What we see is that Jesus does not
scorn her way of loving. She does it with
all her heart, quite frankly. On the contrary,
he receives this love and he educates it.
And it will work, since Mary Magdalene, after
being filled with the Holy Spirit, after the
Ascension, will retire to be a hermit, and
consecrate her life in contemplation. But
I will make another video on that subject.
