Life of Mary Magdalene - by H. Lacordaire

Translation to English (2006) of the Life of Mary Magdalene by Henri Lacordaire, OP (1859)

Life of Saint Mary Magdalene - by Henri Lacordaire 1859 -  Translated from the French 2006


As the traveller goes down the declivity of the Rhone...  (Preface - In Provence...)

Friendship is the most perfect of human emotions....  (Chapter 1 - Of Friendship in Christ...)

St. John is the evangelist of the divinity of Christ.    (Chapter 2 - Jesus in Bethany...)

Jesus Christ had embarked on his public ministry.  (Chapter 3 - Anointing at Bethany...)

But the hour was drawing near...  (Chapter 4 -  2nd Anointing by Magdalen...)

There remained the cross and the tomb; it was there that Eternity waited for God and Man.  (Chapter 5 - Mary at Cross and Tomb...)

Jesus is no longer of this world in visible form.  (Chapter 6 - Concerning Mary Magdalene in Provence....)

The persecution of Christianity began with that of Jesus Christ... (Chapter 7 - Ste.-Baume & St.-Maximin...)

The tomb of Mary Magdalene at St.-Maximin ....  (Epilogue....)



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Life of Mary Magdalen

Preface - Provence

1 Of Friendship in Christ

2 Jesus in Bethany

3 Anointing at Bethany

4 Second Anointing

5 Mary At Cross and Tomb

6 In Provence

7 Ste-Baume & St-Maximin

Epilogue