ONLY BY GRACE REFLECTIONS - Comments From the Chair - 29 March 2021

#TheAnointingAtBethany #ExtravagantLove #MaryMarthaLazarus #LoveForThePoor #LoveForGod TOPIC: IS YOUR LOVE FOR GOD EXTRAVAGANT? First Reading: Isaiah 42:1-7 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 Gospel: John 12:1-11 In today’s gospel reading, the week of Jesus’ own passion and death, He spends time in the house of siblings Mary, Martha and Lazarus. Representing the gratefulness of the family to Jesus for raising Lazarus from death, Mary anoints the feet of Jesus with very expensive perfume, drying His feet with her hair. Judas sneered at her extravagance, criticizing her waste of money that could have been given to the poor. Either Judas was missing the point or he was projecting his evil intent. After all, he was the treasurer of the apostles. He could help himself with the money he was entrusted with, stealing a bit here and there. We have two important points we should ponder on this Holy Week. This is the 356th installment of our CFC quarantine contemplation series focusing on the daily liturgical readings. [NOTE: All the regular reflections are between 3-7 minutes long, enough time for us to ponder what God's message is for us individually and to pray that we may live them out in our lives. This video is also available on   / cfchrist   and Bong Arjonillo’s Facebook page]