The Three Marys

8x10, 11x14in. Giclee Signed Print “The Three Mary’s” A new Icon for Eastertide.  God chose women to first bring the good news of the resurrection of Jesus to the world. The women who went to the tomb that first Easter morning weren't going there seeking resurrection. They were going to perform one last act of loving presence—to anoint a body. But in that act of being with, even in death, they became the first witnesses to new life. In the Icon Christ’s mother wraps her arms around Mary Magdelene and “the other Mary” as they go from the garden tomb to proclaim Christ’s resurrection. Each gospel tells a different version of easter morning. It could be easy miss the point of the story and get lost by the amount of exegesis that has gone into the who’s who of Mary’s in the Gospels. There is Mary (mother of Jesus), Mary Magdelene, “the other Mary”-Mary (mother of James and Joses/Joseph), Mary (wife of Clopas) and Mary of Bethany. In Mark and Luke, the gospel writers mention many women, “th