Mary Magdalene, like Mary the Mother of God, has a special closeness to Jesus that we can see in today’s readings and feast.

To the contrary, the Bible proclaims that Jesus Christ is the one and only intercessor: “There is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,” reads 1 Timothy.

An Aug. 20 letter said Jesus Christ is the one and only one intercessor before God. How true. He is the one who paid the price with his life on the cross to redeem us from the bondage of sin into ...