Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

Many people want to make a name for themselves. They want people to remember them after they die. But we have seen in recent years how poor and fickle that can be. Those once considered heroic are now deemed shameful. Very few are those who will be able to survive such a purge. But we heard of such a one tonight. This woman who gave a flask of very costly ointment, worth an entire year's wages, to her Saviour. Why would she do such a thing? Only because she had received a gift far more valuable from Jesus -- the gift of forgiveness and life.