"...What she has done will be told in memory of her."

Every year, Hope Lutheran Church offers a program called "Journey to the Cross" to the community. It is an opportunity to walk through the events of Jesus' last week in Jerusalem - from his entry to his resurrection. All five senses are involved as our members tell the story of the various characters who came into contact with Jesus.
Every year, I walk through it as well with my family, but this year something struck me. We were listening as JoAn played the part of Mary - the sister of Lazarus. She was describing how she (Mary) opened up a very expensive bottle of ointment made from pure Nard and annointed Jesus' feet and wiped his feet with her hair while Jesus stayed with them in Bethany. (John 12:1-8) Matthew and Mark's account of the same story don't identify her as Mary, but add these words of Jesus:
"And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her."
As JoAn retold and enacted this story, I thought of those words of Jesus. I also thought: Mary, and all the other cast of characters were just ordinary people caught up into, and privileged to be made players in an extraordinary chain of events surrounding God in-the-flesh, Jesus of Nazareth. They were privileged to be witnesses to the extraordinary and universe-changing events of Christ's Passion - his death and resurrection. Mary and those other characters would be absolutely amazed that we would still be telling and portraying their stories. Their stories have been told for 2000 years, and here we are today in the year 2012, still telling her story, just as Jesus said we would.
Thank you JoAn and all the others who have made "Journey to the Cross" possible. Thank you for continuing to tell and enact the story!