"All you need to remember is how it sounded when you stood in the place of death and heard the living call your name." - Jan Richardson
After several trusted friends recommended it, I sat down for the first episode of The Chosen.
The series begins in 2 B.C. with young Mary in Magdala. Frightened and unable to sleep, she seeks out her father, who is outside the tent coughing. He comforts her with the words of the prophet Isaiah.
"Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine."
Years later, we see adult Mary awaken, covered in blood. The scene moves to a man reporting that he was nearly killed by a demon-possessed woman.
Nicodemus is called upon to perform an exorcism on this woman, now called Lilith, but it fails. The impact of complex trauma and loss lead "Lilith" to thoughts of suicide. Tormented by the kingdom of darkness, she considers jumping off a cliff. Desperate, she seeks soothing for her shame and distress in a tavern with a drink of alcohol.
A stranger touches her, and she flees, saying, "Leave me alone."
The stranger follows her and calls:
"Mary…Mary of Magdala. Fear not, for I have redeemed you, I have called you by name. You are mine."
Mary gasps realizing that it is Jesus. He cups her face in his hands, and she begins to weep, collapsing into his chest. Read more of this post
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