The Fragrance of Love

Dunaway’s Chapel UMC, April 3, 2022

Roja Haute Luxe perfume, $3,500 at Saks Fifth Avenue. (Photo from a Town & Country Magazine web article on the most expensive perfumes of 2021: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/style/beauty-products/g32747256/most-expensive-perfumes/)

John 12:1–8 (CEB)

Six days before Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, home of Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. Lazarus and his sisters hosted a dinner for him. Martha served and Lazarus was among those who joined him at the table. Then Mary took an extraordinary amount, almost three-quarters of a pound, of very expensive perfume…