From a few years ago. The readings were different this year, but the message is still so important for each of us.
Following up on yesterday’s gospel which is one of my very favorite readings: I did a study once on all the New Testament scriptures that talk about women at the feet of Jesus. I usually meditate on various of them this time of year because most of them occurred near and at the time of the Lord’s Passion (like yesterday’s reading). Luke 7 recounts a story similar to yesterday’s Gospel, but in a different context, and in it, it is said that the woman “covered his feet with kisses” (Lk 7:38). Jesus himself remarks on this to Simon (at whose house he was) and actually upbraids him for not welcoming Him in the same fashion. “You did not give me a kiss . . . ” Let not the same be said of us. Let us then not hold back our kisses for His sacred feet. Mother Teresa once said…
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