Why did artists place a skull beside—or even in the hands of—Mary Magdalene? Was it only an emblem of mortality and Golgotha, or might she be clinging to the rejected Stone? This brief contemplation opens a doorway through which the Woman Jesus called the Magdalene and the Man Jesus called Simon—the Rock—may be seen.
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Communion and the Heartbeat of the Gospel
Communion is not a funeral ritual. It is a wedding feast — where the Bride’s veil is lifted, the heartbeat of Christ is honoured, and life is renewed.
The Heartbeat of the Gospel
From Mary Magdalene, the Bride holding the heartbeat of the Gospel, to Simon the Black standing face to face before the Alektor — the call to love, repentance, and covenant faithfulness still resounds today.
Linda Vogt Turner 