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In the Gospel of Philip not only is it said that Jesus loves Mary Magdalene more than the other disciples; Mary is also called the companion, partner, or consort of Jesus, and the text states that Jesus kissed Mary frequently. In the light of such statements, it seems entirely appropriate to call Mary Magdalene a beloved disciple. That title is most familiar from the Gospel of John, where the beloved disciple is an important if vague figure in the Johannine story line.
The Gospels of Mary
Marvin W. Meyer, Esther A. De Boer
It seems the kingdom of God is made up of “the least of these.” To be present among them is to encounter what the Celtic saints called “thin spaces,” places or moments in time in which the veil separating heaven and earth, the spiritual and the material, becomes almost transparent.
Faith Unraveled
Rachel Held Evans
How does it save the world to reject unabashed joy when it is joy that saves us? Rejecting joy to stand in solidarity with the suffering doesn’t rescue the suffering. The converse does. The brave who focus on all things good and all things beautiful and all things true, even in the small, who give thanks for it and discover joy even in the here and now, they are the change agents who bring fullest Light to all the world. When we lay the soil of our hard lives open to the rain of grace and let joy penetrate our cracked and dry places, let joy soak into our broken skin and deep crevices, life grows. How can this not be the best thing for the world? For us? The clouds open when we mouth thanks.
One Thousand Gifts
Ann Voskamp
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