Today’s text contrasts with the environment in which the Gospel of these days has been placing us: the imminent arrival of the hour of Jesus. Today we find him in Bethany, the place of his rest, with his friends, who celebrate his presence and perhaps also the miracle He performed by raising Lazarus. Let us contemplate carefully the scene, the way in which the friends welcome Jesus and show him their love; and again the contrast with those who definitively plot the way to remove Jesus from the way. Let us weigh the hypocrisy of Judas, supposedly thinking of the poor; the uneasiness of the Chief Priests, when they learn that Jesus was in the house of Lazarus. Doesn’t this text also reflect the environment in which we live in this society, which has been determined to remove Jesus from the environment?