Blessed Monday of Holy Week -Image Courtesy: St Paul Street Evangelization
Mary Anoints Jesus
Six days before Pesach (Passover) Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. There they gave a dinner for Him, Martha served and Lazarus was one of those at the table with Him. Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard anointing Jesus’ feet and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with fragrance of the perfume.
Judas Iscariot, one of the disciples (the one who was about to betray Him) said, “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denari and the money given to the poor?” (Judas said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; Judas kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it) Jesus said:
“Leave her alone, she bought it so that she might keep it for the day of My burial. You always have the poor with you but you do not always have me.”
The Plot To Kill Lazarus
When the great crowd of the Jews learned that He was there, they came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus whom He had raised from the dead. So the Chief Priests planned to put Lazarus to death as well, since it was on account of him, many of the Jews were deserting and were believing in Jesus. –John 12:1-11
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