In Dostoevski’s masterpiece THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV there is a scene in a courtroom after Dmitri has been sentenced to imprisonment in Siberia.  He is so exhausted that he falls asleep on a bench.  When he awakens, he finds that someone has placed a pillow under his head.  He doesn’t know who has done the kind deed, but he is overjoyed.  It is a sign of the goodness of life.  He will go to prison, he says, and keep God’s name alive there, because he knows that God is alive in the world.  The nameless, anonymous, selfless act of someone who did him that small kindness is a guarantee of that. 

I.  DURING JESUS’ LAST DAYS, SOMEONE DID HIM AN ANONYMOUS KINDNESS, ALSO.  Someone gave Him a room in which to celebrate the Last Supper with His friends.  “Say to the householder, ‘The Teacher says, w…