Today the Catholic Church celebrates the memorial of St. Mary Magdalene, the first person to see the resurrected Christ.
One of the first images that comes to my mind when I think of Mary Magdalene is Donatello’s haunting sculpture of her, in Florence. The statue shows her during the 30-year period it is believed the saint spent fasting and repenting at the end fo her life. According to popular biographies of her, Mary Magdalene was said to have renounced material possessions and covered herself only with her long hair. One biographer wrote that she lived without food because she “knew that Jesus wished to sustain her with naught but heavenly meats, allowing her no earthly satisfaction.”
Whatever we do or don’t know about the historical Mary Magdalene herself, Donatello’s sculpture is (in the words of Martha Levine Dunkelman) “one of the most famous expressions of female emotion in the history of Western art. She has become an iconic image of a suffering woman….[and] an example of penitence.” At the same time, the figure shows strength and endurance.
Perhaps a good image for meditation on this feast of Mary Magdalene
Creo en Dios! 
I prefer the icon (holding an egg) commissioned by Grace Episcopal Cathedral to commemorate the ordination of the first woman Episcopal bishop.
There is also the beautiful fresco of Mary and the resurrected Jesus in the Garden by Fra Angelico in San Marcos, Florence.