Chased off with a stone, a starving kitten returns to a Beth Shean courtyard hoping for scraps. One man does not turn him away. They call him Rabboni. The kitten senses his radiance but has no idea who he is.

Raised in Mary’s household, the kitten becomes her devoted companion after Rabboni’s death. Commanding, mischievous, and perceptive, from between the aloe tubs on her rooftop he witnesses the shaping of an inner path not yet named.

Through his watchful gaze we enter Mary’s closest circle: insight is lived rather than proclaimed. Wisdom is attained through experience – irrespective of gender or title. And the divine realm is a state to be cultivated here and now, not merely a place we hope to reach when we die.

Mary Magdalene’s Cat explores radical yet ancient truths at the heart of Rabboni’s teachings. What if the Aramaic language he spoke suggests that giving God a gender was simply a translation error? What if humanity is finally ready to hear the deepest wisdom Rabboni came to share? And what if it has taken a tabby tom cat – admittedly a rather splendid one – to remind us of what has been hidden all along?

You decide, agapete: the truth will set you free.