Jesus Visits Martha and Mary
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Twenty-Seventh Week Of Ordinary Time Luke 10: 38-42 In todays Gospel reading Martha demonstrates hospitality by welcoming Jesus. She then busies herself with the tasks of serving the guest. Meanwhile her sister Mary sits at Jesus’ feet, listening to his words. This pleasant story takes […]
Jesus Visits Martha and Mary
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday Of The Twenty-Seventh Week In Ordinary Time Luke 10:38-42 We all do love Jesus, and desire to be besides Him in all ways… Yet we find many a times, when we step back and access the way our lives are, that we are the the ones who […]
Jesus Visits Martha and Mary
Reflection on the Gospel of the Sixteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time Luke 10:38-42 In today’s Gospel we are easily tempted to choose either Martha or Mary’s decision but the truth is they both represent two ways of living the Spiritual life. Martha represents the vita active, the active life. Mary, on the other hand, represents the vita contemplativa, […]
Jesus Visits Martha and Mary
Reflection on the Gospel of the Wednesday Of The Tenth Week In Ordinary Time Luke 10:38-42 “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.” Indeed we all are like Martha, and worry […]
Jesus Visits Martha and Mary
Reflection on the Gospel of the Tuesday In The Twenty-Seventh Week In Ordinary Time Luke 10:38-42 The hardest thing for us to do is to be still, especially in the presence of God. We are so conditioned, that we always need to be in charge of every moment of our lives, and even when we […]