But Jesus said, ‘Let her alone; why do you trouble her? She has performed a good service for me. For you always have the poor with you, and you can show kindness to them whenever you wish; but you will not always have me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for its burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her.’ (Mark 14: 16-17)

We return to Bethany and the woman's annointment of Jesus.

We are to love one another. We are to care for the poor, protect the weak, pursue justice, and practice mercy. It is good to be deliberate in our love.

We are to love one another. We are to be with one another, enjoy one another, embrace, sing, and dance together. It is good to be spontaneous in our love.

What the translator has rendered as "good service" is kalos ergon. This is an act that is excellent, beautiful, admirable, genuine, and honorable.

For Aristotle kalos is virtuous activity, that which fulfills our essential nature. It is beauty in action. It a spontaneous expression of Truth.