Holy Week

- St. Mary Magdalene in the House of Simon the Pharisee, 1891, by Jean Béraud, the Musée d'Orsay

On Wednesday of Holy Week, the gospels of Matk, Matthew, and John have accounts of Jesus at the house of Simon the leper in Bethany for dinner. In the accounts, a woman named Mary anoints Jesus' head/feet with expensive oil.