Mary Magdalene (2018)

Tawfeek Barhom: James

Quotes 

• Matthew : Mary.

  Mary Magdalene : Matthew.

  Peter : [speaking to mary]  You were with Him?

  Mary Magdalene : To the end. Peter, as the sun rose, I saw Him. He was there and He was... All His pain was gone from Him.

  Peter : A dream.

  Mary Magdalene : It wasn't a dream. He was there.

  John : Mary, He is gone from us. He is dead.

  Mary Magdalene : He's not gone. Even death cannot hold Him. This whole time we've been looking for a change in the world, but it's not what we thought. The kingdom is here, now.

  Thomas : We failed. There is no kingdom.

  Mary Magdalene : What, the people would rise that He would be crowned king, did He ever say this to you?

  James : Mary. You saw Him? Truly? But then the kingdom, how can that be right?

  Mary Magdalene : Because it's not something we can see with our eyes. It's here within us. All we have to do is let go of our anguish and our resentment and become like children just as He said.

  Peter : What do you mean?

  Mary Magdalene : The kingdom, it can't be built through conflict. Not by opposition, not by destruction. It grows with us with every act of love and care with our forgiveness. We have the power to lift the people just as He did and then we will be free just as He is.

  Joseph : This is what He meant. And we have been walking this path to revolution as if the kingdom would be born of flames and blood.

  Peter : Mary. Why would He come to you alone?

  Mary Magdalene : Why does that matter?

  Peter : Because you say the kingdom is here. Now. And just outside that door, there is no new world. No end of oppression. No justice for the poor, for the suffering.

  Mary Magdalene : How does it feel to carry that anger around in your heart? Does it lessen as the days go by? We have the power to relieve their suffering. It is up to us.

  Peter : I believe you, Mary. I believe that you saw Him. That He came to you. And it was a sign... that He will return... and He will bring the kingdom. The true kingdom. The new world.

  Mary Magdalene : The world will only change as we change.

  Peter : It's not right that you come here now to tell us that He has chosen you before us. That He has brought you some... special message.

  Mary Magdalene : He gathered us for what was inside. We were all precious to Him. We were all his apostles.

  Peter : Every man in this room... is His rock, His church... upon which he will build... His glorious new world... with one purpose... and one message.

  Mary Magdalene : Your message. Not His.

  Peter : You have weakened us, Mary. You weakened Him.

  Mary Magdalene : All I can do is hope that you've heard what I have said. Pray that you see me as I am. I value each one of you as He did. You are all my brothers and I thank you. But I will not stay and be silent. I will be heard.

• James : Mary. He's waiting. Look.

  Jesus : [to mary]  What shall I teach?

  Mary Magdalene : Are we so different from men you must teach us different things?

  Susannah : We are women. Our lives are not our own.

  Jesus : Your spirit's your own. And you alone answer for that. And your spirit is precious to God. As precious as that of your husband... or your father.

  Susannah : Then who should we obey? If God commands one thing, but our husbands, our fathers tell us another?

  Jesus : You must follow God.

  Mary Magdalene : So are we to defy them and leave our lives behind?

  Jesus : Yes. Though they judge you... persecute you... you must forgive them.

  Susannah : Forgive them? A year ago a woman from Cana... many of us knew her here. She was young. Her husband found her with another man... and he and his brothers... they dragged her to the river and they raped her. And after they were done... they drowned her. In the court before they were sentenced one of them repented, "God, forgive me." But I'm not God, father.

  Jesus : How does it feel to carry that hate in your heart? Does it lessen as the months go by? It seeps into your days... your nights... until it consumes everything you once were. Those men, they too, were filled with hate. You are strong sister, but you must forgive. There is no other way to enter the kingdom of God. Will you join us? Will you be born anew?

• Jesus : Give thanks to the Lord, for herein lies good. A love that endures forever. Let Israel declare.

  Peter , Andrew , James , John , Philip , Thomas , Matthew , Mary Magdalene : His steadfast love is eternal.

  Jesus : Let the house of Aaron declare.

  Peter , Andrew , James , John , Philip , Thomas , Matthew , Mary Magdalene : His steadfast love is eternal.

  Jesus : Let those who fear the Lord declare.

  Peter , Andrew , James , John , Philip , Thomas , Matthew , Mary Magdalene : His steadfast love is eternal.