Rev Ben Fitzgerald-Fye

i think that this is a very intense image this weeping woman poured out on the floor at the feet of jesus bathing his feet with her tears her hair wet with her own weeping and in response to this incredible scene this incredible moment this incredible sort of outpouring of emotion this heart -wrenching scene these grand poobahs of religion who had gathered in this room had nothing to offer her but judgment judgment the enemy of grace but more than that i asked myself how often have we been this woman tired and tearful with nowhere to go but some last resort some hail mary that maybe this time it will be different poured out at the proverbial feet of god weeping and seeking the very things that jesus represented to those folks then and to us now grace and forgiveness a love so pure that it looks beyond our darkness a love so unwavering that we cannot stop it even if we try