THEOLOGICAL CLUE

Three days from the Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, in 1992, the minor festival of Mary Magdalene will be observed in many churches around the world. Some people will remember her as a woman who was converted from a sinful life of prostitution to a faithful and devout disciple of Jesus Christ. (Most Lutheran churches in the United States did not celebrate her "day" until the appearance of The Lutheran Book Of Worship, with a revised calendar, in 1978.) Others will remember her for her devotion to Jesus during his lifetime, and some wonder how far that devotion went (The Last Temptation Of Christ). But all Christians should remember her as the "Easter person" because she was the first person, according to John (John 20:1-9, 10-18) in the Gospel for Easter Sunday, Cycle/Year …