National Catholic Reporter EDITORIAL June 22, 2007
The title of biblical scholar Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza’s 1984 book In Memory of Her gave tribute -- as Jesus himself did -- to the woman who interrupted an all-male dinner in Bethany to anoint the feet of Jesus with costly perfume and then let down her long tresses to dry them (Mark 14:3-9). "Let her be," Jesus said to the disciples at table who were bemoaning this lavish, insightful expression of love. "Wherever the Gospel is proclaimed in all the world," he said, "what she has done will be told in memory of her." Read more: http://natcath.org/NCR_Online/archives2/2007b/062207/062207v.htm
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