Lyric discussion by scrawledepitaph 

Cover art for Mary lyrics by Sarah McLachlan

As I'm currently on a Mary Magdalene kick, I relate it more to how no one really appreciated Magdalene... Jesus taught some things only to her, and the male apostles felt threatened that Jesus would choose a woman over them...

"unselfish in her suffering she could not understand that no one seemed to have the time to cherish what was given"

I dunno, just my interpretation.