“A Holy Year of Mercy (Luke 7: 36-50)” by Fr. Michael Sparough, S.J.
This Sunday is Divine Mercy Sunday, and this Gospel from Luke describes the time when Simon, the Pharisee, invited Jesus to his home for dinner. When they began to dine, a woman with a bad reputation entered the home and bathed Jesus’ feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. In these gestures,…