FEAST OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE

New Zealand Tablet, 5 August 1915, Page 47

FEAST OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE

. . * (I' or tbe ,\.Z. I'ahhl by the I Lev. J, Kki.i.v, Bh.D.) Ho did not turn His Rice aside W lieu she came flown (he street, With roses wreathed in her hair, And little, dancing feet, IB' did not slum her wanton eye Unit rested on Mis face: it was not that He did not know ' The sinner in the place. And tlieie were surely many men Who thought that (hey should frown Cpon Him when they saw Him smile Oil (bis woman of t he (own. Because He did not turn aside As she came down the street, A later day slit' gave her hair lo wipe His bloodstained feet. Because He did not frown upon 'I hat wanton woman's face, When others fled she followed Him Unto His dying place. She gave her heart and soul to Him Who did not turn aside. I his woman who was one of those tor whom He lived and died. And do we do, as lie would do When ay by day we meet Boor sinners, whom the Pharisees Will turn from in the street ? Aye, in the street for men to see Who cannot see the soul, Nor ever come to understand How love can make us whole. If we are strong and they are weak Some day we too may fall : Then may we love as Mary did The Christ Who loves us all.