It is evident, my friends, that a woman who had earlier been eager for actions which are not allowed had used the ointment as a scent for her own body. What she had earlier used disgracefully for herself she now laudably offered for the Lord. Her eyes had sought earthly things; now, chastising them through repentance, she wept. She had used her hair to beautify her face; now she used it to wipe away her tears. She had spoken proudly with her mouth, but in kissing the Lord’s feet she fixed it to the footsteps of her Redeemer. (Gregory the Great about Mary Magdalene in Homily 33)

See: http://www.kuleuven.be/thomas/secundair_onderwijs/in_de_kijker/44_mmEng.php

Hendrik Goltzius, Resurrectio Christi
Copperplate on paper, 274 x 201 mm,
Heverlee, Parc Abbey, collection of the Centre for Religious Art and Culture