14 April 2025 -- Monday of Holy Week
Isaiah, 42, 1-7; John 12, 1-11
Homily
This account from the Gospel of Saint John is very similar to an account that Matthew and Mark place immediately before that of the Passion. The Gospel of John was certainly written long after the Synoptics, but it must accurately report an event that was told in the Churches that were under John's influence. The close friends of Jesus, particularly Martha, Mary and Lazarus, are so important in the Gospel of John that he could not have invented this story or even arranged it to put Martha, Mary and Lazarus at the heart of the story.