Mary Magdalene Page #5

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(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(WOMEN WEEPING)

(CRYING)

(BREATHING SHAKILY)

Where will you go?

To my family.

(CHILDREN CHATTERING)

JESUS:

Mary.

(DOOR OPENING)

- (WHISPERS) Mary.

- Matthew.

(DOOR CLOSES)

You were with him?

To the end.

Peter, as the sun rose,

I saw him.

He was there, and he was...

All his pain was gone from him.

A dream.

It wasn't a dream.

He was there.

Mary, he is gone from us.

He is dead.

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.

We failed.

There is no kingdom.

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?

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 we become like children,

just as he said.

What do you mean?

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.

This is what he meant?

And we've been walking

this path to revolution,

as if the kingdom would be

born in flames and blood.

PETER:

Mary.

Why would he come to you alone?

Why does that matter?

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.

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.

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.

The world will only change

as we change.

It's not right that you come here now

to tell us he has chosen you before us,

that he has brought you

some special message.

He gathered us

for what was inside.

We were all precious to him.

We were all his apostles.

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.

Your message.

Not his.

(SIGHS)

You have weakened us, Mary.

You weakened him.

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.

You do not lose heart.

Even now.

Didn't you ask,

"What will it be like?"

"The kingdom?"

(BOTH LAUGH)

MARY:

It is like a seed.

A single grain of mustard seed,

which a woman took

and sowed in her garden.

And it grew,

and it grew.

And the birds of the air

made nests in its branches.

(WOMAN SINGING IN HEBREW)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

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