Bede the Venerable, on Mark 16:9

“But he rising early the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary Magdalen, out of whom he had cast seven devils.”

“(ubi sup.) In the beginning also woman brought man into sin, now she, who first tasted death, first sees the resurrection, lest she should have to bear the reproach of perpetual guilt amongst men; and she who had been the channel of guilt to man, now has become the first channel of grace. For it goes on: And she went and told them that had been with him as they mourned and wept.”

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