Mary Magdalene

In Mark’s Gospel

• Watched the crucifixion from a distance with the other women

  Mark 15:40

• Watched where Jesus was buried

  Mark 15:47

• Came to the tomb on the first day of the week with spices — and found it empty

  Mark 16:1-8

• Jesus appeared to her first after the resurrection: "he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons"

  Mark 16:9

Who they were

• ✦Devoted — followed Jesus from Galilee to Jerusalem, stayed at the cross when others fled (Mark 15:40-41)
• ✦Generous — funded the ministry from her own resources (Luke 8:3)
• ✦Courageous — first to the tomb, first to proclaim the resurrection (John 20:1, 18)

Read about them

Faces of Faith

“Surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” — Hebrews 12:1

A keepsake of Mary Magdalene’s story — the portrait on the front, the key moments on the back.