Leave her alone; why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful deed to Me.
Mark 14:6
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A good work
A few days before his death, a woman poured a jar of costly ointment of spikenard over Jesus' head. Worth three hundred denarii, a year's wages. Some thought it a waste. That money could have gone to the poor.
Jesus defended her. She is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. And he said: wheresoever this gospel shall be preached, this shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. Mark doesn't give her name. John does: Mary, the sister of Martha and Lazarus.
Question for today
What would I give Jesus if I stopped calculating?
Prayer
Lord, I often calculate. Let me for once love extravagantly, as she did. Nothing is too much for you. Amen.