MARY AND MARTHA

MARTHAS' LIFESTYLE AFTER JESUS' ASCENSION WAS BEING INVOLVED WITH MINISTRY, ALONGSIDE HER BROTHER. SHE WAS KNOWN FOR A COUPLE OF MIRACLES. MARTHA TAMED A WILD BEAST THAT TORMENTED A TOWN IN ITALY. SHE CAUSED A FLOOD TO PROTECT A SPANISH TOWN AGAINST AN ENEMY FLEET. MARTH DIED A PEACEFUL WAY IN ITALY. MARY RESPONDED A DIFFERENT WAY AFTER JESUS' ASCENSION. SHE TRAVELED WITH HER BROTHER AND SISTER, BUT BECAME A RECLUSE. THIS BEHAVIOUR MAY HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE DISCIPLES. AFTER JESUS ASCENSION, SOME DISCIPLES WERE JEALOUS OF MARYS' CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD. THERE IS A FRENCH STORY ABOUT MARY BRINGING A PRINCESS AND HER SON BACK TO LIFE, WHO LATER BECAME CHRISTIANS. WHILE LIVING AS A HERMIT IN A CAVE, SUPPOSEDLY, EVERYDAY ANGELS CAME TO VISIT. THEY ESCORTED MARY UP TO HEAVEN; WHERE SHE WAS FED MANNA AND THEN RETURNED BACK TO HER CAVE UNTIL SHE DIED. MARY DIED IN A GLORIOUS MANNER IN THE PRESENCE OF MAXIMIN, A FRIEND.