The house was filled with the fragrance. She’d given him her dowry and in an intimate gesture of devotion she wiped his feet with her hair.
Those around were scandalized but Jesus accepted it. Mary, whose brother Lazarus was raised from death by Jesus, was now anointing him for his own death.
Mary’s gift of the ointment and the anointing was generous, extravagant even.
It seems the more wealth folks possess the more minded they are to hold on to it. The poor can be far more generous, sharing from their little while the rich preserve their plenty. I can’t get my head around the fact that 8 people ‘own’ half the world’s wealth.
Perhaps we are in the mess we’re in because of the way the world is commodified. We know the price of everything and the cost of nothing.
Jesus and Mary both knew the cost. Jesus accepted her devotion and the house was filled with fragrance.
Anointed Saviour
Who accepted Mary’s devotion with infinite grace
May the fragrance of love surround us this Holy Week
And transform our poverty into riches beyond price
As we seek to follow in Your way.
Amen.
Stepping out of the boat... 