Father Matthew Wiering Podcast
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
3/25/18: Palm Sunday: You Have Received Much (a.k.a. The Gift of Father What-a-Waste)
We have an interesting beginning to Mark's passion narrative: the story of the woman who breaks the alabaster jar and pours the ointment over Jesus's head. The episode might have passed over unnoticed had the jar and its contents not been so valuable--worth three hundred days wages--perhaps a $30,000 value in today's terms. A number of object to the woman's "wasting" something so precious on Jesus....yet doesn't this betray their belief that Jesus is not worth the sacrifice? We have received much; now we must freely give. And there is no gift too precious to be given over to God.
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