Join Father Justus Pokrzewinski from St. Pius V Priory in Chicago for today's reflection on one of the most moving stories in St. Luke's Gospel. A Pharisee invites Jesus to dinner, and a woman known throughout the city as a sinner enters uninvited, weeping at Jesus' feet, drying them with her hair, and anointing Him with costly oil. What happens next reveals how Jesus reads every heart, both hers and the Pharisee's, and ours too.
Discover why the one who is forgiven more, loves more, and why many scholars believe this woman is Mary Magdalene, who would follow Jesus all the way to the cross.
Jesus reads our hearts and our minds. Today, let's give Him both.
⏱️ **Timestamps**
0:00 – Welcome to A Word of Hope
0:11 – This week in St. Luke's Gospel
0:20 – A Pharisee invites Jesus to dinner
0:34 – How meals were eaten in Jesus' time
0:48 – The sinful woman enters, weeping
1:02 – Tears, hair, and costly oil at Jesus' feet
1:15 – The Pharisee's judgment
1:26 – Jesus reads both hearts (and ours)
1:39 – "She loves God, and she's sorry for her sins"
2:01 – Jesus corrects the Pharisee: no water, no kiss of welcome
2:39 – The parable of the two debtors
2:51 – "The one he forgave more"
3:04 – Is this Mary Magdalene?
3:21 – Following Jesus to the cross
3:27 – Today's lesson: give Him your heart and mind
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📖 Today's Gospel: Luke 7:36-50
📍 St. Pius V Priory, Chicago
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