This painting was inspired from my heart. The more I learn about Saint Mary of Magdala the more I'm inspired by her strength. When all the other disciples fled out of fear, it was Mary Magdalene who stayed with Jesus until the end.
Saint Mary Magdalene was also a wealthy woman of stature in her commmunity.
An ancient legend of the Eastern Orthodox Church says that after Christ’s Ascension Mary Magdalene traveled to Rome. Due to her high social standing she was admitted to appear before the Roman Emperor at the time, Tiberius Caesar to tell him of how poorly Pilate had administered the trail of Jesus.
To make her point, she picked up an egg from the banquet table, explaining that Jesus came out of the tomb like a chicken breaking out of its shell. Caesar scoffed and said, “...a human could no more rise from the dead than that egg could turn red.” As he was saying this, the egg turned red.
It is believed that this red egg story inspired the tradition of coloring Easter eggs.
Saint Mary Magdalene
24 X 30
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