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GOSPEL POWER I APRIL 11, 2022 - MONDAY
GOSPEL POWER I APRIL 11, 2022
Monday of Holy Week
Gospel: Jn 12:1-11 1 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” 6 (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) 7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 8 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.” 9 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. 10So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death as well, 11since it was on account of him that many of the Jews were deserting and were believing in Jesus.
T he costly perfumed oil with which Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus does not only symbolize the depth of her gratitude for what Jesus has done for her brother Lazarus. Somehow, it also represents the costly implication of this miracle. The life Jesus restored to his friend will now cost his own life, as hostile forces unite against him. The Jewish religious leaders see only the political instability that the raising of Lazarus could cause. And Judas sees only the economic wastage implied by the costly anointing of Jesus. All of them are blind to the unfolding of God’s saving plan… blind to the love that does not count the cost. No one can take the life of Jesus from him, rather he will lay it down freely. Lazarus becomes a representative-figure, standing in for all of us for whom Jesus will die so that we may have life… and not only mortal earthly life, but divine eternal life.
Lord Jesus, as we commemorate your last days on earth, grant us a deeper grasp of that love you so freely lavish on us without counting the cost. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER I APRIL 11, 2022
Monday of Holy Week
Gospel: Jn 12:1-11 1 Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. 2 There they gave a dinner for him. Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at the table with him. 3 Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. 4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, 5 “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor?” 6 (He said this not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief; he kept the common purse and used to steal what was put into it.) 7 Jesus said, “Leave her alone. She bought it so that she might keep it for the day of my burial. 8 You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.” 9 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. 10So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death as well, 11since it was on account of him that many of the Jews were deserting and were believing in Jesus.
T he costly perfumed oil with which Mary of Bethany anoints Jesus does not only symbolize the depth of her gratitude for what Jesus has done for her brother Lazarus. Somehow, it also represents the costly implication of this miracle. The life Jesus restored to his friend will now cost his own life, as hostile forces unite against him. The Jewish religious leaders see only the political instability that the raising of Lazarus could cause. And Judas sees only the economic wastage implied by the costly anointing of Jesus. All of them are blind to the unfolding of God’s saving plan… blind to the love that does not count the cost. No one can take the life of Jesus from him, rather he will lay it down freely. Lazarus becomes a representative-figure, standing in for all of us for whom Jesus will die so that we may have life… and not only mortal earthly life, but divine eternal life.
Lord Jesus, as we commemorate your last days on earth, grant us a deeper grasp of that love you so freely lavish on us without counting the cost. Amen.