受难周周三

你们不常有我

——马可福音十四章七节

伯大尼有个主所爱的家，这一家曾经奉献给他许多安慰，许多温暖。今天，是主待在伯大尼的最后一个白天，最后一个夜晚，明日离去之后，他将不再归来。

这是一次默默无声的饯别，对主的深沉之爱远非言语所能表述。这是一次默默无声的涂抹膏油，马利亚尽其所能，将她对主的爱倾注于与主生离死别之时。

三十两银子的代价固然昂贵，但一颗爱主的心又岂是金银所能衡量，所能相比？周济穷人固然是主所喜悦的善行，但又有哪一件善行能够代替他此时所需要的对他的爱心？

Wednesday in Holy Week

Mark 14:7

But you will not always have me

There was a home which Jesus loved in Bethany, a home which had given him much comfort and warmth. This is the last day and the last night which the Lord spent there, and after today, he would never return.

This day in Bethany, there was a farewell dinner at which not a word was said, for language is utterly incapable of giving expression to the love we have for our Lord Jesus Christ. The woman who poured the ointment, therefore, did so without a sound. She was pouring out all her love for Jesus Christ, as a farewell.

The ointment worth 300 denarii was certainly very dear. But how can we attach a price in silver or in gold to a heart which loves our Lord Jesus Christ? How can love be measured in those terms? It is true that concern for the poor is a good deed which is pleasing to God. But what good deed can ever replace the loving heart which God requires of each of us?