Dear Brethren in Christ,
I would appreciate everyones' (Yes everyone, even you Latinizers with no sense of humor)help and prayers regarding an incident/great opportunity that occured today.
Here is the story. As I was walking across campus between classes today, there were 2 men holding large 7 foot signs with the aid of "flag holding harnesses." These signs basically said stuff like "You make me sick:" with a bunch of stuff below like "Jews from the Synagogue of Satan, Homosexual Child Molesters, Skinny Necked weak kneed men, Arminian Theologians, Fornicators, witches (even had a picture of a witch on a broom), unruly women, Muslims, Romanists
, and lots of other super sin sinners (Although what they consider to be Romanists are certainly sinners but not because they are "Romanists." The other side of the sign might say something like Believe in Jesus the word Bible a dozen times and then John 3:18. These men were not affiliated with any particular Protestant Church Church.
I listened/observed this style of confrontational Evangelism for probably about an hour. There was lots of cussing at the Evangelists that dared to condemn sin.
Then I began talking to one of the men. Meanwhile a girl "with an agenda" began asking him questions alluding that there was and is a great conspiracy of men to hold women in subserviant positions. Part of this elaborate plot is the "fact that men wrote the Bible and deleted St. Mary Magdalene to downplay her role(s)."
I began attempting to explain to her that the Bible was not written by men, but rather the Holy Spirit using Men to Pen his words. Likewise, Mary Magdelene was not deleted/left out of the Bible but rather not all of Church Tradition is recorded in the Bible. Also the Catholic and Orthodox Churches recall her life and struggles in Sacred Tradition. Even that she was put on a boat set about to drift and landed in France, etc. She is celebrated on our Ecclesial Calendar and our Churches have Icons and Stained Glass Windows of her. As she said she was late to be somewhere, I managed to get her e-mail address (please pray that it is valid), promising to send her more information on St. Mary Magdalene. She and her friend, were also supposedly unaware that the Apostles were Bishops. They thought they were Missionaries.
Please help provide me with information on St. Mary Magdalene and Proof of Divine Authorship of the Bible.
Please Pray for these souls.
St. Mary Magdalene Pray for Us!