that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me." The Bible does not specify the birth order of siblings Martha, Mary and Lazarus, but I just feel in my bones that ...

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Mary is revered by Christians as the name of Jesus’s mother. Six other Marys are mentioned in the New Testament, including Mary Magdalene and Mary, sister of the resurrected Lazarus.

In his earliest known painting, Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Jan Vermeer recasts the biblical sisters of Lazarus as two sturdy young Dutch women. Good Martha, all bustle and industry ...

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The book is an imaginative retelling of material from the Gospels, specifically the stories of Mary, the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and Mary of Bethany, the sister of Lazarus.

Professor and designer Sister Aloyse Hessburg founded the nation's first four-year fashion program at Mount Mary University in 1965.

But Mary Magdalene’s place in the Christian tradition has also been enigmatic--and has resulted in portrayals ranging from sinner to saint, from “fallen woman” to figure of redemption.

Are they the same woman? Through Church history some very prominent voices have argued that Mary of Magdala was the same person as Mary of Bethany, sister of Martha and Lazarus.

Martha, Mary, and Lazarus Parish in Chicago. Credit: Courtesy of Father Mark Thomas Ameh Most people know that Chicago’s South Side has a reputation for being a dangerous place to live and work.