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Article: The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail.
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- September 10, 1993
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Based on art history research, legend and a few why-nots, Margaret Starbird teaches the bride Jesus left behind.
A married Jesus is easy for me to accept. He was, after all, leader of a back-to-basics religious reform group flourishing among oppressed people, who yearned for the day when its sons and daughters would be numerous as the stars in the sky. In such a situation, everyone must do his (or her) part.
He was the descendent of a line of kings. You know the burden that puts on a guy.
The man he chose to fill his sandals when worst came to worst - as he said it would - was married.
And there is the frequent presence of the ...