Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. There they made him a supper; Martha served, and Lazarus was one of those at table with him. Mary took a pound of costly ointment of pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the ointment. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (he who was to betray him), said, "Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?" This he said, not that he cared for the poor but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box he used to take what was put into it. Jesus said, "Let her alone, let her keep it for the day of my burial. The poor you always have with you, but you do not always have me." When the great crowd of the Jews learned that he was there, they came, not only on account of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus also to death, because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and believing in Jesus. The next day a great crowd who had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.
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Isa ra an hinung’dan kon uno man na taghimo man ni Mary an ija aksiyon sa sitwasyon – an ija waya’y katapusan na gugma kan Jesus.
Tagpakita dinhi ni Mary an ija ekspresyon nan pagpasalamat sa mapasayluon na kalooy ni God na ija natagamtam.
Kon buot huna-huna’on, dili angajan para dija an ija taghimo kay para sa mga Jews, makasisipog an isa ka babaje na maghimo nan ija taghimo nadto kan Jesus.
Waya sija magpakabana kon uno’y sultihon nan mga tawo mahitungod sa ija aksiyon – na abir kon nabayuko na sija, basta lamang pamad’hon nija an sike ni Jesus pinaagi na ija buhok.
Sa ato mga sitwasyon, uno kaha an ato pamaagi para mahipatagamtam sanan mahipakita nato an ato gugma kan Lord?
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"Give us, Lord, a lively faith, a firm hope, a fervent charity, a love of you. Take from us all lukewarmness in meditation, dullness in prayer. Give us fervor and delight in thinking of you and your grace, your tender compassion towards me. The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for: through Jesus Christ our Lord."
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