When Mary anointed Jesus near the end of his life the other disciples were angry with her (Mark 14:4-5). But Jesus explained the significance of what Mary Magdalene had done.

Today’s Gospel passage is so visceral, it draws us into an Ignatian contemplation of the scene almost effortlessly. We can imagine ourselves as Mary anointing Jesus’ feet, Martha ...

Mary first appears in the Bible around A.D. 25 in Capernaum, a fishing town on the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus is rapidly gaining a reputation as a healer.

We think ahead to Jesus’ death and understand that Mary is anointing Jesus’ body for burial, even though in John’s Gospel someone else does that (Jn 19:39-40).

Today the Gospel focuses on how Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus’ feet with precious nard. On Thursday, Jesus himself will wash the feet of his Apostles in a gesture of humility at the Last Supper.

Yet in the two episodes of John 10–11, in which Jesus raises Lazarus and then Mary anoints his feet, the surname “Magdalene” is never heard. The same goes for Luke 10, where Jesus teaches at ...

Children sitting on his lap. Sheep gathered around him. The apostle John reclining on his chest. Mary anointing his ... “I will come again” (John 14:3 NKJV). When Jesus ascended, the angel ...

A woman named Mary takes a jar of costly perfumed oil and anoints the feet of the reclining Jesus. She dries his feet with her hair, an irresistible image for artists and dramatists. Judas ...

Mary Magdalene has been "interpreted and misinterpreted, just as Jesus has been interpreted and misinterpreted," according to Michael Haag, historian and author of The Quest for Mary Magdalene.

A woman named Mary takes a jar of costly perfumed oil and anoints the feet of the reclining Jesus. She dries his feet with her hair, an irresistible image for artists and dramatists. Judas ...