Miscellaneous

Gospel:
The Holy Gospel According to St. John. (Chapter 12:1-18)

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany the home of Lazarus, He had raised from the dead. And they made Him a supper there; and Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those sitting at table with Him. Mary therefore took a pound of ointment, genuine nard of great value, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and with her hair wiped His feet dry. And the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. Then one of His disciples, Judas son of Simon the Iscariot, the one who was about to betray Him, said, “Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii, and given to the poor?” Now he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and holding the purse, used to take what was put in it. Jesus therefore said, “Let her be: she was to keep it for the day of my burial. For the poor you have always with you, but you do not always have me.” Now the great crowd of the Jews learned that He was there; and they came, not only because of Jesus, but that they might see Lazarus, the man He had raised from the dead. But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also. For on his account many of the Jews began to leave them and to believe in Jesus. Now the next day the great crowd which had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took up palm fronds and went out to meet Him. And they cried out, “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel!” And Jesus found a young colt, and sat upon it, as it is written, “Fear not, daughter of Sion; behold, thy king comes, sitting upon the colt of a donkey.” These things His disciples did not at first understand. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered these things were written about Him, and that they had done these things to Him. The crowd therefore, which was with Him when He called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead, bore witness to Him. And the reason why the crowd also went to meet Him was that they heard He had worked this sign.