July 22: Saint Mary Magdalene: the woman who announced the Resurrection

Saint Mary Magdalene: the woman who announced the Resurrection 🌅 It is still night, and a woman carrying a jar of spices walks toward a tomb that will change history. Did you know that the first person to announce the Resurrection of Jesus Christ was not an apostle, but a woman from Galilee named Mary of Magdala? The Gospels first show her tormented by "seven demons" and freed by Jesus; later, as a faithful disciple who followed Him to Calvary and to the empty tomb. This is the story of the woman whom Christ, centuries later, would call apostle to the apostles. In this video you'll discover: 🌊 What Magdala was like — the thriving Galilean fishing town where Mary was born — according to recent archaeology. ✨ What the Gospel of Luke actually says about the "seven demons" from which Jesus freed her. ⛪ Why Pope Francis raised her liturgical memorial to a feast in 2016, with the title "apostolorum apostola." 🕊️ What happened in the garden on Easter morning, according to John 20, when Jesus spoke her name. The story of Mary Magdalene matters because, beyond centuries of legend, it restores the real woman of the Gospels: the first witness of the Resurrection, sent to announce it to those who did not yet dare believe it. If this story moves you, we invite you to explore the rest of the series and subscribe so you don't miss the next episodes. #HistoryOfTheSaints #FidesViva #SaintMaryMagdalene #MaryMagdalene #ApostleToTheApostles #July22 #Resurrection 📌 Chapters 0:00 The Woman of Magdala 4:24 Seven Demons Fewer 7:10 The Women Who Provided from Their Own Means 9:36 The One Who Did Not Flee 13:17 The Sabbath Without a Voice 15:18 "Mary" — "Rabboni" 18:56 I Have Seen the Lord 21:29 The Memory of the Church 26:29 Called by Our Name 📚 Sources SOURCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY — "Los Santos de Dios": Saint Mary Magdalene Primary sources (Sacred Scripture and Magisterium): Holy Bible: Gospels of Luke (7:36-50; 8:1-3; 24), John (19:25; 20:1-18), Matthew (27–28), and Mark (15–16). RSV-CE / NABRE. Congregation for Divine Worship, Decree and note "Apostolorum Apostola" (Card. R. Sarah; Abp. A. Roche), June 3, 2016 — Holy See. Saint Gregory the Great, Homiliae in Evangelia (hom. 25 and 33), 591–593. Saint Thomas Aquinas, In Ioannem Evangelistam Expositio, ch. XX. Roman Martyrology (2004 ed.) and Liturgy of the Hours, proper of July 22. Hagiographic and academic sources: Bollandists, Acta Sanctorum, Iulii vol. V (1727). (Ps.-)Rabanus Maurus, De vita beatae Mariae Magdalenae. Jacobus de Voragine, Golden Legend (c. 1260). Alban Butler, Butler's Lives of the Saints (July 22). Katherine L. Jansen, The Making of the Magdalen (Princeton University Press, 2000). Bruce Chilton, Mary Magdalene: A Biography (Doubleday, 2005). Henri Daniel-Rops, Histoire de l'Église du Christ (Fayard). Archaeology and places: Magdala Archaeological Project (Universidad Anáhuac México – Israel Antiquities Authority), 2009–2019 — magdala.org. "Magdala Stone," Rockefeller Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority. Basilica and relics of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine, Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume (Dominicans). Reference and context: ACI Prensa (2016); EWTN News (2025). Leo XIV, 267th pope (Holy See, vatican.va), reigning pontiff in 2026. Iconographic references: Fra Angelico, "Noli me tangere" (San Marco, Florence, c. 1440); Giotto (Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, c. 1305); Donatello, "Penitent Magdalene" (c. 1455); Georges de La Tour, "The Magdalen with the Smoking Flame" (c. 1640); Christ Pantocrator (Sinai, 6th c.). The traditions of Ephesus and Provence are presented as the Church's living memory, distinguished from documented history.