The Transformation of Mary Magdalene

We are told that there was one name that always brought joy to the face of Bahá’u’lláh. His expression would change at the mention of Mary Magdalen's name. Here was a woman who was transformed 'from the gentle, appealing mistress of Novatus to the saintly disciple of Jesus Christ...' The Master said to Ethel Rosenberg, the first English woman to embrace the Bahá’í Faith in her native land, 'It is said of Mary Magdalen that out of her went seven devils. This means seven evil qualities which Jesus cast out of her by teaching her the Truth. She was not such a bad woman as some suppose before her conversion but the wonder is that such a saint and miracle of purity and goodness could have been created by the New Birth. She was greater than all the disciples of Jesus because she alone stood firm after His death and never wavered.'

Source: Honnold, Annamarie, Vignettes from the Life of ‘Abdu’l-Bahá, pp. 53–54

Collected from bahaistories.com (Subject: transformation).

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