St Luke tells us in today's Gospel of the work of those holy women who made such an important contribution to the Lord's public life. It is impressive that the Lord wanted to rely on their generosity. We can only imagine how the Lord would return such great kindness! During the hours of the Passion it seems as if these women proved to be more faithful to Jesus than the Apostles themselves, with the exception of John.

The example of these holy women should be an example for everyone of us, Christians, to serve the Lord without conditions. Our attitude has to be to serve the Lord and others with supernatural spirit, not expecting any reward for our generosity. We should serve even that person who, may be, will not thank us. Every action we do on behalf of others ought to be thought of as a direct service to and for Christ. "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me." (Mt. 25:40).

How many opportunities to serve that Lord come before us every day! Let us serve!