![]() ![]() The wedding and crucifixion scenes are connected in Tóibín’s telling, since Mary had gone to the wedding primarily to try to get her son’s attention and warn him about the danger his “signs” was bringing upon himself. John, and not the other Gospels, and thus is directly limited to the wedding feast at Cana and the terrible, climactic scene where Mary stands by the cross of her crucified son. The Testament of Mary draws on the Gospel according to St. I needn’t summarize it here, since America has already printed a fine review by Diane Scharper, which you can read first. It is a meditation in the voice of Mary, the Mother of Jesus, in her old age, as she looks back on her life. I spent a little time this week reading The Testament of Mary by the Irish novelist, Colm Tóibín. ![]()
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