Nowadays we can all be rather picky about strange people touching us, and we certainly teach our children about “bad touching”. In this Sunday’s gospel reading, a Pharisee is shocked by Jesus’ lack of discrimination in allowing a woman of bad repute to paw him in a disgusting public display of gratitude. Yuck!!!@#$*!!!
Unless we feel a little of this critic’s disgust we won’t get the point of what Jesus has to say to him.
You can listen to my comments on this passage here…
Howard Pilgrim