A Latin spiritual journey with discerning hearts, from ashes to glory.

Day 41, the fragrance of love.

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to John, chapter 12, verses 1 through 11.

Six days before the Passover, Jesus went to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom he had raised from the dead.

They gave a dinner for him there.

Martha waited on them, and Lazarus was among those at table. Mary brought in a pound of very costly ointment, pure nard, and with it

anointed the feet of Jesus, wiping them with her hair. The house was filled with the scent of the ointment.

Then Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples,

the man who was to betray him, said,

why wasn't this ointment sold for 300 denarii

and the money given to the poor?

He said this not because he cared about the poor,

but because he was a thief.

He was in charge of the common fund

and used to help himself to the contents.

So Jesus said,

Leave her alone.

She had to keep this scent for the day of my burial.

You have the poor of my burial.

You have the poor with you always.

You will not always have me.

Meanwhile, a large number of Jews heard that he was there and came,

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