St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church (gilbert, Az) Podcasts

Happy Feast of St. Mary Magdalene! Hello St. Mary Magdalene,  Thanks for tuning into this week’s video with me, Fr. Chris. There’s a lot going on this weekend as we are celebrating our patronal feast day this weekend so you’ll hear some beautiful prayers during the Mass centering on Mary Magdalene and her role as the “Apostle to the Apostles” as the Church refers to her. She is given this title because, as the first person to see Christ Resurrected from the dead, she is sent to the Apostles to proclaim the Good News. In Greek, the language in which the New Testament was written, Apostle comes from “Apostelos” which means “to be sent” so, she, as the “Apostle to the Apostles” can literally mean “the one sent to the ones who are sent.” This same Greek root is the origin of the term “apostolate” meaning the area in which we’re sent to bring the Gospel. How blessed then, that we, spiritual sons and daughters of St. Mary Magdalene rejoice in her being the first person to see the Risen Lord. This patronage too is c