PHILOKALIA MINISTRIES

Mary Magdalene and the Wonder That Opens the Heart to the Risen Christ “Jesus said to her, ‘Mary!’ She turned and said to him, ‘Rabbouni!’” — John 20:16 Among all those who sought Christ on the morning of the Resurrection, it was Mary Magdalene who remained. Peter and John ran to the tomb and departed. Mary stayed. The desert fathers would not see this merely as a detail in the narrative. They would recognize in her the steadfastness of a heart that has been wholly claimed by