Apostle to Apostles

July the twenty second is

The Feast of Mary Magdalene

Whose loving eyes were verdi-gris,

Her body smelled of Jessamine.



Called “Sinner” - yet in spite of it

She ranked among Apostles high,

Amongst them all the “Favorite”

Who with the Lord saw eye-to-eye.



I kiss her picture- grasp my pen

To sing of outcasts of her sort,

The pariah, the Sinner Magdalene,

So highly favored of the Lord.



Faithful and loyal to the end

She stayed with Him upon her knee,

When the disciples’ coward band

Ran, when He hung upon the tree.

The first the Risen Christ to see,-

Appearance with no one to share

For all her love and loyalty,

For at His passion she was there.



Disciples ran,to save their skin,

All took to flight and ran and hid,

But not so Mary Magdalene

Who proved her mettle and her grit.



On her the Lord made the bequest-

Not to disciples’ fickle crew,

To preach and counsel to the rest

Of followers, - Gentile or Jew.



'Ere Paul appeared yet on the scene

And the disciples found their wit,

There was Apostle Magdalene

Illuminating dull esprits.



Disciples pusillanimous,

Who’d left the master in the lurch,-

She counseled them as prophetess

'Ere yet established was the church.

Pray for us Mary Magdalene!

Apostle to Apostles fair,

Be our teacher, coach and dean,

And take us wayward in your care!.

(C) Elizabeth Maria Magdalena Dandy

Author's Notes/Comments: 

St.Mary Magdalene is my mother's patroness and my ow second name-sake patroness.

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