5th Sunday in Lent
John 12:1-8 So our 40 day journey through Lent together is beginning to draw to a close. This is the last regular Sunday in Lent. Next week will mark the start of Holy Week with Palm Sunday and the Reading of the Passion. And so today we complete out Lenten journey by reading this beautiful little story about Mary anointing Jesus’s feet. And it is for us a fitting end to this season of discipleship and learning to listen to the Holy Spirit as we prepare for what Jesus has in store for us. But first, lets step back for a moment for a moment and see where we are. Not so long ago, in the story we last heard on All Saints Day, Jesus raised Mary’s brother Lazarus after he had been dead for 4 days. We all probably know that story well. But, there is a lesser known segue between that stories and this one that is very important. As soon as the word gets out about Jesus raising Lazarus, Jesus gets very famous and popular a...