Gospel: John
12:1-11
Six days
before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised
from the dead. They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served, while
Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him. Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made
from genuine aromatic nard and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with
her hair; the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. Then Judas the
Iscariot, one of his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said, “Why
was this oil not sold for three hundred days’ wages and given to the poor?” He
said this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and
held the money bag and used to steal the contributions. So Jesus said, “Leave
her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial. You always have the poor
with you, but you do not always have me.”
The large
crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came, not only because of
him, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. And the chief
priests plotted to kill Lazarus too, because many of the Jews were turning away
and believing in Jesus because of him.
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Reflection:
A wealthy
woman once said: I love money and I can’t live without it. Do you also love
money and can’t you also live without it?
The love
for money is the root of all evils we saw this in Judas, he betrayed Jesus all
because of his love for money(Matthew 26:15). The same thing in the gospel;
Judas criticized Mary for anointing the feet of Jesus with expensive perfume.
Judas said “Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days’ wages and given
to the poor (John 12:5)?” However, this statement of his was simply a charade
for he is a thief of the highest degree.
Those who
love money will never have enough of it. They will continue to amass it with
greed and they will do every possible way (even ways that are contrary to
morals) just to have it. Not knowing that at the end their greed for amassing
money will eventually destroy them. The same greed will be their ticket to the
kingdom of the evil one.
Money is not everything! Money can buy us a house but not a home, money can buy us
books but not knowledge. Money can bring us laughter but not true happiness,
money can buy us temporary friends but not true friends who will be there through
the highs and lows of our life. Money can buy us sex but not love and there are
many more things that money can buy but will not give us true peace and happiness.
Do you allow yourself to be enslaved by money? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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