Author: Sydney Carter Meter: 5.8.5.6 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: The Christian Year Holy Week; Biblical Characters Judas; Biblical Characters Mary Magdalene; Brotherhood/Sisterhood; Christian Year Holy Week; Church Mission; Jesus Christ Life of; Jesus Christ Love For; Justice; Love for Others; Poverty; Service; Social Concerns; Stewardship; World; Easter 6 Year B; Lent 5 Year C; Monday in Holy Week Year ABC Lyrics: 1 Said Judas to Mary, "Now what will you do
with your ointment so rich and so rare?"
"I'll pour it all over the feet of the Lord
and I'll wipe it away with my hair," she said,
"wipe it away with my hair."
2 "Oh Mary, Oh Mary, oh think of the poor --
this ointment, it could have been sold,
and think of the blankets and think of the bread
you could buy with the silver and gold," he said,
"buy with the silver and gold."
3 "Tomorrow, tomorrow I'll think of the poor
Tomorrow," she said, "not today;
for dearer than all of the poor in the world
is my love who is going away," she said,
"my love who is going away."
4 Said Jesus to Mary, "Your love is so deep
today you may do as you will.
Tomorrow you say I am going away,
but my body I leave with you still," he said,
"my body I leave with you still."
5 "The poor of the world are my body,' he said,
"to the end of the world they shall be,
the bread and the blankets you give to the poor
you'll know you have given to me," he said,
"you'll know you have given to me."
6 "My body will hang on the cross of the world
tomorrow," he said, "not today,
and Martha and Mary will find me again
and wash all the sorrow away," he said,
"wash all the sorrow away." Used With Tune: JUDAS AND MARY
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