Intimacy is connection. Knowing one another. Care and
vulnerability. And what Mary shows to
this man who is not only her teacher, but her friend, and who we were reminded
in this story is the one who literally raised her brother up from the dead.
She drops to her knees and she pours perfume all over his
feet and she takes her hair and wipes it off.
And you can imagine how uncomfortable everybody else was
in the room. Judas, of course, is the one to say something because of course
it's Judas. And John really makes sure to let us know what a dirtbag Judas is
as if we didn't already remember, right? We know Judas, hot mess, we get it.
But in this moment, we totally, there's something about
Judas is like, oh, she, she shouldn't be doing that.
You know, that money could have gone to the poor. Right? Which is no different than the kid being
like, change the channel, they're kissing. It's the same thing. It's a reaction
to intimacy. He has to change the
subject because the intimacy on display is more than he can handle.
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