BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 5.0.18//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:RMWorkCalendar NAME:RMWorkCalendar BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:https://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mary Magdalene Day GOOD NEWS CALENDAR DTSTAMP:20250619T105334Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:339-5-c3fe8195a3dde498d013e477e2142422@aalbc.com ORGANIZER;CN="richardmurray":noreply@aalbc.com DESCRIPTION:\n \n Saint Mary MAgdalene- the catholic saint day is the 22nd of july\, i say she warrant better\, what is your craft to her?   \n \n\n\n\n \n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/261-aphelion-day-art-or -text-craft-parade-good-news-blog/?do=findComment&\;comment=936  \n \ n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n STORY\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n Mary Magdalene a little after dawn\, in a simple road in the roman empire\, recalls her life\, and her l ove.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/tlacuilopilo/art/Mary-Magdalene-po rtrait-Maria-Magdalena-333225591\n\n\n\n She remembers being the daughter of a craftsman\, who was also a successful merchant. People from Egypt to Phrygia sought the wares of Magdala. But while most Jewish girls with her fortune thought of marriage. She sought betterment\, she sought activity\, she sought a better world.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/maoliquiao/ art/In-suo-nome-528460920\n\n\n\n And then her awakening when mercury\, th e ancient spirit of messages was furthest from the sun in the sky or close st to humanity\, she went into the synagogue and proclaimed to the men\, s tanding where women do not\, breaking the mechitza barrier. The men felt h umiliated\, felt belittled\, felt they had been dirtied by her presence. T he men did not try to listen to her words\, try to listen to her wisdom. T hey only saw a woman who was wrong\, and cast her out of the synagogue and threw stones. But she did not die. She was not killed.\n\n\n\n https://ww w.deviantart.com/riekiedp/art/Mary-Magdalene-121544723\n\n\n\n Some did no t throw stones because they knew her father\, some did not throw stones be cause they knew her\, and a strong body was enough to crawl back to her ho me. Her father was worried. He knew the village will look on her suspiciou sly and will want to control her life. He told her she must go\, to be fre e\, from the eventual persecutions that will come toward her. He knew full y well\; he could not protect her when he was away from all harms. And so\ , she left Magdala. On the road\, she met another Mary\, many jewish women were named Mary\, but this woman was quiet. Her husband was a craftsman a nd she was delivering a craft to a friend. She saw the Mary from Magdala a nd her spirit seemed familiar. The older Mary went over to the younger and they talked. The younger Mary talked about a vision she had of a future w ithout boundaries\, absent the shackles that bind humanity. The elder Mary asked the younger Mary if she wants to talk to others who may listen. The younger Mary said yes\, as they embraced.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart. com/rmarwdraws/art/Mary-and-Mary-Magdalene-847094143\n\n\n\n The elder Mar y spoke to the inn keep who knew her husband and said to tell her husband she will not be back\, but she is safe. Over the next few weeks\, Mary Mag dalene became well known amongst the disenfranchised or abused women of Pa lestine. She even was able to communicate to her father who supported her quietly. One day a woman asked\, what will all this talk do when we have t o go back to the men who abuse us. Mary Magdalene asked elder Mary\, is it possible\, these women can go to her home on the way south\, free from th e Jewish rules\, in Egypt or beyond. The elder Mary agreed. When the two M ary arrived at the elder Mary's home\, they were accompanied by forty wome n\, and a sunlight. A sunlight that can waken anyone from any sleep. Mary bathed in the light\, still\, and saw a man.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantar t.com/springergirl07/art/Mary-Magdalene-172730760\n\n\n\n He did not need to speak\, but his walk seemed so gentle. The elder Mary told Mary Magdale ne\, this man is her son\, Jesus. Mary Magdalene knew this man's calling. She realized what he can do. In a world where men cannot accept leadership from a woman\, she saw a man who can\, while giving men the face they nee d to be led a better way. And she gathered the woman in the sunlight with Jesus as the elder Mary watched\, and her husband\, Joseph\, beamed with p ride. From town to town\, the women of Mary Magdalene spread the gospel or good news of Jesus. Where lepers were isolated\, Mary and her women heale d or comforted and Jesus was said to do it. Where people were said to be d ead\, Mary and her women tended them back to life and Jesus was said to do it. When men did not fish properly\, Mary and her women\, worked the near by seas aiding the fisherman\, and Jesus was said to do it. Mary had watch ed her movement grow. From one woman\, to two women\, to a group that thre atened the order of things for the Jewish priests. Over time\, men like Ju das\, became part of Mary's apostles\, telling the other women\, let those without sin cast the first stone. But other men came\, at the behest of t he jewish priest. Twelve of them came\, who knew Jesus was not the miracle worker gossiped or rumored\, but it was Mary Magdalene who needed to be s topped. Mary spoke with Jesus and told him\, if he rejects these men it wi ll destroy his image and all the work they have done. Thus\, Jesus accepte d these new apostles and though they tried to corrupt Jesus with gold or p ositions\, he never wavered from the path Mary gave him\, for he and Mary were already one in spirit\, done beyond a temple/synagogue or place of wo rship. A simple ceremony under the sun. In desperation the twelve agents o f the Jewish Priest\, abducted Jesus and put him in the position of a Jewi sh murderer paying the roman guard to allow the switch. Mary tried to find him\; her network unable to access the roman prisons. And then she heard a rumor that a jewish murderer had boasted he was freed for Jesus in a bar . Mary then realized what had happened. But it was too late. When she saw Jesus crucified for another man's crimes\, she knew it was a sign.\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/dinahmite64/art/The-Eternal-Salvation-Through- His-Passion-598224678\n\n\n\n She thought a caring\, honest\, loving man c ould be the face of a movement of women. But as she watched his bleeding b ody\, she knew\, that asked too much of him. Her father's kindness saved h er from stoning the first time. Jesus's love saved her from death the seco nd time. She must have cried all night. The next morning\, Jesus's mother woke her. She wanted to know where her son was buried. The two Mary's went to the tomb and Mary Magdalene held her stomach and touched the stone cov ering the tomb. Suddenly\, she had a feeling. And when she turned\, she sa w her husband. It was like the first time she met him. His mother cried an d Mary Magdalene hand embraced his\, and she had an epiphany.\n\n\n\n http s://www.deviantart.com/eldidechabo/art/Jesus-Mary-Magdalene-MSPaint-135772 731\n\n\n\n The two Mary's went back to Nazareth and spread the final gosp el\, that Jesus was resurrected. The twelve spies weeks later\, checked to see if the tomb was empty... and it was. They went to Nazareth to confron t either Mary or Joseph but none were there. They had left. The twelve sea rched and searched and eventually found the male member Judas. He tried to find a woman like Mary to start a new group\, with him in the role of Jes us\, but was unsuccessful. The twelve tortured Judas but he either did not know or was strong enough to not say the location to any member of Mary M agdalene's sect. The twelve eventually became the originators of Christian ity\, using remnants of what they experienced\, pieces of a true movement to create another\, all the while in awe to what they knew.\n\n\n\n ... wh ile Mary seeing the child between her and Jesus running to her end her rem embering\n\n\n\n https://www.deviantart.com/tlacuilopilo/art/Mary-Magdalen e-portrait-Maria-Magdalena-333225591\n\n\n\n And\, she smiles\, in a new t own\, far from palestine\, or the twelve spies\, in the outskirts of the r oman empire.\n\n\n\n ... today\, few know the truth of Mary Magdalene\, th e movement she started\, or its times. But\, the children of her enemies c annot even deny\, she was gifted\, she had spirit. And\, for now\, that is enough\, for tomorrow will be brighter\, and it will shatter all lies wit h truth.\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n ...\n\n\n\n Hope you enjoyed reading\n\n\n\n If you like more of my stories check out the gospel of joseph\n\n\n\n http s://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/gospel-of-joseph\n\n\n\n or other stories in my Short story collection series\n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search ?query=Richard Murray Short Story Collection&\;fcsearchfield=Series& \;seriesId=014c67c4-d29d-584e-ada0-62c0fa015714\n\n\n\n Or poetry in my po etry or more series\n\n\n\n https://www.kobo.com/us/en/search?query=Poetry or More&\;fcsearchfield=Series&\;seriesId=06baba96-5af5-5d24-9b8a-f 06360287dc9\n\n\n\n And I am on Bookbub\n\n\n\n https://www.bookbub.com/au thors/richard-murray-16885e64-6c28-459e-bf5f-45c7d458ce49\n\n\n\n My blog\ n\n\n\n https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/blog/29-richard-murray-hearth/\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250722 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR