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| Mary anoints the feet of Jesus with aromatic nard |
[ Today's Readings ]
Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil
made from genuine aromatic nard
and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair;
the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
Let us draw near to Jesus this week and show him our love in whatever way we can. Let us be extravagant with him whose love for us is so amazing. The poor we always have with us, but this Holy Week let us show Jesus special love as he prepares to go to the cross for us. Let us focus on Jesus as much as we can.
Jesus doesn't force us to pay attention to him this week.
Not crying out, not shouting,
not making his voice heard in the street.
A bruised reed he shall not break,
and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,
Until he establishes justice on the earth;
the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
He never forces us. He only ever invites. And during a week marked by his profound suffering it is easy to look away, to fall asleep, or to deny him. But the closer we are able to journey with him the more this Triduum can transform our lives.
I have grasped you by the hand;
I formed you, and set you
as a covenant of the people,
a light for the nations,
To open the eyes of the blind,
to bring out prisoners from confinement,
and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.
Jesus leads us out from confinement and dungeons. His resurrection is a light that opens eyes blinded by sin. The nearer we stay to him, the more we show him our love and affection, the sooner the light of Easter Sunday, the light of the resurrection, will rise in our hearts.
I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD
in the land of the living.
Wait for the LORD with courage;
be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.
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