What
Judas said did not make sense, and it ties in with Jesus' doctrine. But it is
much too easy to criticize what others may do, even when they had no hidden
intentions, as it was the case with Judas. Whatever our protest it must be an
act of responsibility: with our protest we have to ask ourselves how would we
do it instead, what are we willing to do, to do it better. Mary anoints Jesus'
feet and she wipes them with her hair, because she truly believes this is what
she must do. Her behavior can be qualified of splendid magnanimity: «Mary took
a pound of costly perfume made from genuine nard»[1].
It is an act of love, and like any act of love, difficult to understand by
those who do not share it. Saint Augustine said: «Maybe in this world the feet
of our Lord are still in need. For, of whom, other than his members, said He:
‘Whatever you do unto the least of these, you do unto me. You spend that which
you do not need, but you have done that which is good for my feet’». Judas'
complaint has no utility whatsoever, and it only led him to betrayal. Mary's
act led her to love her Lord even more and, as a consequence, to love more all
the “feet” of Christ there are on this world • AE
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LUNES SANTO
Traición y amor se cierran como un broche
en torno a ti, Jesús. María y Judas
en la cena, se son mutuo reproche:
rompe ella un frasco entre palabras mudas.
“Son trescientos denarios, ¡qué
derroche!”,
él le reprocha con palabras rudas.
Junto a la luz, le traga ya la noche.
Junto al amor, ya cuelga de sus dudas.
El amor que te tuvo está marchito,
y su beso, Jesús, de muerte es sello.
María y Judas, siento en mí. Repito,
solo, el drama de dos, trágico y bello.
Y pues que soy los dos, yo necesito,
morir de amor, colgado de tu cuello •
Rafael
M. Serra
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