Spirituality of the
Readings
John
Foley,
SJ
Courtesy
She began weeping. We are not told why, only that she obviously loved Jesus a lot. At the dinner, she “began to bathe his feet with her tears.” And she actually dried them with her hair. What an embarrassing display.
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Exile
Ron Rolheiser, OMI
God Overcomes Scrambled Eggs
We need a theology which teaches us that even though God cannot unscramble an egg, God’s grace lets us live happily and with renewed innocence far beyond any egg we might have scrambled.
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| Glancing Thoughts
Eleonore Stump
Love Wins Out Over Everything
Doing nothing is not Jesus’ usual style; and doing nothing in these circumstances at Simon’s dinner party must take a considerable effort of will on Jesus’ part. She is, after all, making Jesus the centerpiece in a spectacle that causes the onlookers at the party to cringe.
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