He Welcomed Her Worship: The Holy Waste of Holy Wednesday

Often in the Gospels, the true worshipers of Jesus are those who are willing to make a scene for him. They yell. They plead. They run. They reach. They do whatever it takes to be near Jesus, whatever others may think.A few men rip up a roof to get Jesus’s attention. A mother weeps and wails after him and won’t take no for an answer. Unclean women burst through crowds and enter Pharisees’ homes uninvited. A respectable man climbs a tree, and blind beggars won’t stop shouting. In each of these sce