[LS]

"Would Mary have worshipped Jesus any less without that vase?"

Apparently Jesus thought so. Jesus warned that "the poor you have with you always." He also reprimanded the "rich young ruler" who had tithed all his life and had done good deeds, because he wasn't willing to part with his money to worship Jesus.

[Stone Mountain]

Apparently Jesus thought so. Jesus warned that "the poor you have with you always." He also reprimanded the "rich young ruler" who had tithed all his life and had done good deeds, because he wasn't willing to part with his money to worship Jesus.

I don't see what that has to do with making Mary worship Jesus any less without that vase. Sure, the poor you have with you always, but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't try to help them. He reprimanded the rich young ruler, not for being rich, but for not worshipping him. I see these as different issues... Mary worshipped Jesus and would have done so with or without that vase.