Bethany is two miles from Jerusalem, where Jesus stayed while Visiting Jerusalem.A banquet is being Held Mary arrives and enters the Banquet Hall and annoints Jesus. She is rebuked . Jesus accepts the anointing as preparation for His Buriel> Mary knew what was going to take place in Jerusalem , His death. .The apostles were not even aware yet as we know from there reaction later at His arrest. Mary was the one that Jesus had earlier commended for listening , (” Mary has chosen the better part”). It is In listening to Jesus these days in His Gospels and in Prayer We will discover more about Jesus and ourselves in our modern World.