St Mary Magdalene. "It was precisely to Mary Magdalene that St. Thomas Aquinas reserved the special title, "Apostle of the Apostles" (apostolorum apostola), dedicating to her this beautiful comment: …More
St Mary Magdalene.
"It was precisely to Mary Magdalene that St. Thomas Aquinas reserved the special title, "Apostle of the Apostles" (apostolorum apostola), dedicating to her this beautiful comment: "Just as a woman had announced the words of death to the first man, so also a woman was the first to announce to the Apostles the words of life" (Super Ioannem, ed. Cai, § 2519)." – Pope Benedict XVI. 22 July is the feast of St Mary Magdalene. In this statue by Charles Marochetti, St Mary Magdalene is depicted as being lifted up by angels to God. It is in the church of La Madeleine in Paris.
Source: Lawrence OP on Flickr
"It was precisely to Mary Magdalene that St. Thomas Aquinas reserved the special title, "Apostle of the Apostles" (apostolorum apostola), dedicating to her this beautiful comment: "Just as a woman had announced the words of death to the first man, so also a woman was the first to announce to the Apostles the words of life" (Super Ioannem, ed. Cai, § 2519)." – Pope Benedict XVI. 22 July is the feast of St Mary Magdalene. In this statue by Charles Marochetti, St Mary Magdalene is depicted as being lifted up by angels to God. It is in the church of La Madeleine in Paris.
Source: Lawrence OP on Flickr
