(Statue of St. Mary Magdalen at the Feet of her Crucified Lord, Cave of Mary Magdalen, France)

"Keep then the image of your crucified Redeemer ever before your eyes -- ever near you and ready to the pressure of your hand; look upon it often; dwell lovingly upon that anguish and love it so touchingly reveals; love to dwell in spirit at the foot of that Cross where He is bleeding away His life for love of you. Thus the woes of Christ will become as distinct to your mental vision as they were to the bodily perceptions of St. Mary Magdalen, and you will learn as she did to detest those sins which made Him suffer, until, casting yourself on His burning breast, with her you will earnestly seek to bury all your sin and sorrow in the unfathomable love of His most tender, loving and lovable Sacred Heart."

~ Fr. Pius Cavanagh, O.P., Gleanings for Saints and Sinners about St. Mary Magdalen, 1888.