Monday of Holy Week
"There is only one anointing that is strong enough to meet death
and that is the anointing of the Holy Spirit, the love of God.
There is, then, something that is both exemplary and lasting
in Mary's anointing of Jesus at Bethany. It was above all a concern
to keep Christ alive in this world and to oppose the powers
that aimed to silence and kill him. It was an act of faith and love.
Every such act can have the same effect." - Pope Benedict XVI
(Today's Gospel: John 12:1-11)
"Nothing is held back, no drop is kept in reserve.
The house is filled with the fragrance, because
the perfume is no longer hers; it has ceased any
longer to belong to her as a personal possession.
The excess of this gesture, its extravagance,
expresses the essential truth about love.
Neither love nor the perfume, in this case, can
remain enclosed in a container, protected and saved.
Instead, it must be all thrown away in the hour of love,
wasted imprudently without a thought for
tomorrow, poured out in its entirety."
Fr Donald Haggerty
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Painting above: Forgiven ~ Daniel Gerhartz
Hat tip: Both quotes noted in Magnificat Magazine: Holy Week 2018, Vol. 20, No.1
Hat tip: Both quotes noted in Magnificat Magazine: Holy Week 2018, Vol. 20, No.1
This Holy Week let us together
pour out our love before our
Eucharistic Lord, Jesu Hostia...
pour out our love before our
Eucharistic Lord, Jesu Hostia...
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