Gospel: Luke
10:38-42
In the
course of their journey Jesus came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed
him into her house.
She had a
sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and listened to him
speaking. Now Martha, who was distracted with all the serving, came to him and
said, 'Lord, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do the serving all
by myself? Please tell her to help me. But the Lord answered, 'Martha, Martha,'
he said, 'you worry and fret about so many things, and yet few are needed,
indeed only one. It is Mary who has chosen the better part, and it is not to be
taken from her.'
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Reflection:
Today is
the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary this is in honor of the 16th century
naval victory in Europe against the Turkish invasion. Pope St. Pius V
attributed the victory to the intervention of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It was
said that the ship’s crew in the battle field implored the intercession of the
Blessed Mother by praying the Holy Rosary before the battle occurred.
What are
we going to do if we visit a house of a friend and we get the same treatment
that Jesus received from Martha and Mary? Who are we going to favor Martha or
Mary? It actually depend upon us who are we going to favor. But Jesus obviously
preferred the action of Mary who sat down at the feet of Jesus and faithfully
listened to Him.
What did
Martha do that it did not get the merit of Jesus? Martha was busy preparing
food for Jesus, why did Jesus did not favor her when what she was doing was for
His honor also? Jesus is a preacher and being a preacher he wants people to
listen to Him so that He could impart His wisdom. This was perhaps the reason
why Jesus preferred the reverent action of Mary.
What
happens to us when we listen to Jesus and when we meditate on His words? We
gain wisdom from Jesus himself and we are enlightened by Him no less. But do we
still have time to listen to Jesus? Are we not very busy with our many worldly
undertakings?
Some of us may say that we have to move and be
busy because we have to earn and eat otherwise we’ll get hungry. Yes this is
true, but what will happen to us if we are all work? If we have no more time
for Jesus or if Jesus is just a minuscule entity in our lives? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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