Chen Hongguo: Mary Magdalene

Garland 2022-05-09 23:51:20

I followed him for a long time, I thought I knew him

I thought I was brave-when the soldiers came to catch him

I didn’t hesitate to drew the sword and cut off one of them’s ears

Actually it was just a momentary recklessness

When I saw the situation getting worse, when I found

He who I admire so much did not meet my expectations

At that moment, I understood why Judas would betray him

I dare not admit that he is my lord three times before dawn

My swearing brothers also fled everywhere

I hide in the cave alone shivering

I am ashamed of my cowardice

And, when the faith and hope that once left me

I'm trapped in a desperate nihility

I've known you a long time ago, Mary Magdalene

You threatened my love with him

You love him more than me, he loves you more than me

How can I balance my mind?

You are a sinful woman, we all talk like this

You should be stoned to death, but you took away our chance

For this we unite, judge, isolate, and curse you both

To be honest, I was most excited when he was crucified

The enjoyment of the pleasure of desire is permeated in my lacking body

You tempted him, with tears and balm

He failed me, and us

You are unworthy, he is unbearable, and we are noble

We destroy you to save you

Mary Magdalene, you are weaker than a weed

Even the beggar on the side of the road can trample on you at will

When he beat his whip to tear off the bloody flesh

When the rusty nail pierced his hands forcibly

Your face is pale, fearful, timidly, far away

You looked at his painful and distorted body, you didn’t close your eyes

You listened to his heart-piercing wailing, you didn't cover your ears

You tremble all over, you almost fainted a few times

But you hold back and stand until his head is on the cross

Hang down until his eyelids are completely closed

I was not there at that time, and the men who loved him were not there.

We once said, let Mary leave, the woman is not worthy to be saved

He said, when the light comes, the blind man is still in the darkness

You and him are so naive, you are undefended

Pure warmth, the unique connection between you and him

How much stress, misunderstanding, and hurt you have to experience before you can understand

Although you love him, you still have doubts

Although your doubts are not the same as ours

You are constantly doubting in your relationship, and constantly making new determinations

But when you see the stone removed from the tomb, when you find

He's not there anymore, you broke down all at once

He is really gone, you fall into the ice cave, you turn around and run away

I met a man in white, you didn't recognize him for a while

He asked you tenderly and compassionately: Woman, why are you crying

Who are you looking for? ——You think he is a worker who looks after the garden

You begged frantically: Where is he, give him back to me!

The encounter of life and death, when he had not ascended to the sky

The furthest gap hides the deepest tacit understanding

He whispered softly: Mary—that's something that no one else can hear

Voice; you hear it, you understand it, you see him

Your lover. Love does not necessarily point to eternal life

Love is achieved by eternal life, and will not fade away.

The light is like an avalanche of immortality, fully integrated into the sea of ​​beauty

Once again, with the mission of love, you come among us

Announcing the news of his resurrection, announcing that you have seen the Lord

We men, how helpless we are

But accuse you of talking nonsense, just because you are a woman

Just because you are so close to him, we forgot

Our betrayal and fleeing, only you will never leave

But we will be skeptical, after all we recognize him as our Lord

We are more jealous of you because we are sure that he is resurrected

Freedom is noble, but it must come from a despicable power struggle

We are insignificant because of reality, and we are upright because of insignificance

This is the so-called bloody, history is written by men

Regarding his resurrection, thanks to the brilliant Paul’s narrative

I have been recognized as the first witness

Then my twelve brothers and five hundred other believers

They have seen it all, they are all men

We lie because we love him sincerely and sincerely

He loves me so much that I have keys and authority to become a rock

I also love him deeply, I really become brave

For love, I am destined to hang upside down on the cross

However, you are the only one in the arms of the Lord

When he came among us, no one washed away his dust with water

You wet his feet with your tears and dry them with your hair

You are Mary Magdalene, like water

Disappears like water, moisturizes the earth like water

Silent as water, comforting us as powerfully as water

Being valued and ignored like water, being insulted and damaged

Like water, you are entangled by seven ghosts, paralyzed in the quagmire

He helps you drive out evil spirits, he enters your life

He said to you: Your letter saved you, go home safely

You are at home like the sky, and we are still arguing about who is the biggest

I can only confess in private that you are one of the disciples

You are still afraid of me, but I love you

I want you to be me, not him

——This is the biggest power struggle

——Simple hobbies, complicated hobbies

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Mary Magdalene quotes

  • Matthew: Mary.

    Mary Magdalene: Matthew.

    Peter: [speaking to mary] You were with Him?

    Mary Magdalene: To the end. Peter, as the sun rose, I saw Him. He was there and He was... All His pain was gone from Him.

    Peter: A dream.

    Mary Magdalene: It wasn't a dream. He was there.

    John: Mary, He is gone from us. He is dead.

    Mary Magdalene: He's not gone. Even death cannot hold Him. This whole time we've been looking for a change in the world, but it's not what we thought. The kingdom is here, now.

    Thomas: We failed. There is no kingdom.

    Mary Magdalene: What, the people would rise that He would be crowned king, did He ever say this to you?

    James: Mary. You saw Him? Truly? But then the kingdom, how can that be right?

    Mary Magdalene: Because it's not something we can see with our eyes. It's here within us. All we have to do is let go of our anguish and our resentment and become like children just as He said.

    Peter: What do you mean?

    Mary Magdalene: The kingdom, it can't be built through conflict. Not by opposition, not by destruction. It grows with us with every act of love and care with our forgiveness. We have the power to lift the people just as He did and then we will be free just as He is.

    Joseph: This is what He meant. And we have been walking this path to revolution as if the kingdom would be born of flames and blood.

    Peter: Mary. Why would He come to you alone?

    Mary Magdalene: Why does that matter?

    Peter: Because you say the kingdom is here. Now. And just outside that door, there is no new world. No end of oppression. No justice for the poor, for the suffering.

    Mary Magdalene: How does it feel to carry that anger around in your heart? Does it lessen as the days go by? We have the power to relieve their suffering. It is up to us.

    Peter: I believe you, Mary. I believe that you saw Him. That He came to you. And it was a sign... that He will return... and He will bring the kingdom. The true kingdom. The new world.

    Mary Magdalene: The world will only change as we change.

    Peter: It's not right that you come here now to tell us that He has chosen you before us. That He has brought you some... special message.

    Mary Magdalene: He gathered us for what was inside. We were all precious to Him. We were all his apostles.

    Peter: Every man in this room... is His rock, His church... upon which he will build... His glorious new world... with one purpose... and one message.

    Mary Magdalene: Your message. Not His.

    Peter: You have weakened us, Mary. You weakened Him.

    Mary Magdalene: All I can do is hope that you've heard what I have said. Pray that you see me as I am. I value each one of you as He did. You are all my brothers and I thank you. But I will not stay and be silent. I will be heard.

  • Jesus: You do not lose heart... even now. Didn't you ask what will it be like? The kingdom?

    Mary Magdalene: [internal monologue] It is like a seed. A single grain of mustard seed... which a woman took and sowed in her garden. And it grew... and it grew... and the birds of the air made nests in it's branches.