Above: Christ in the House of Simon by Dieric Bouts (1440s). This was the Gospel for Passion Thursday in which an earlier, similar episode took place. Tractate 50 (John 11:55-12) Yesterday’s lesson in the holy Gospel, on which we spoke as the Lord enabled us, is followed by today’s, on which we purpose to speak in the same spirit of dependence. Some passages in the Scriptures are so…
