Gospel:
Luke 10:38-42
Jesus
entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a
sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.
Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not
care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.”
The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried
about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better
part and it will not be taken from her.”
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Reflection:
What does
habitual prayer do to us? What does daily bible reading do to us? What does
consistent presence at the Celebration of the Holy Mass do to us? These actions
if done with piety would bring us closer to Jesus.
In
today’s gospel our attention is brought on the two actions of sisters Mary and
Martha with Jesus at the center of it all.
When Mary
recognized her Lord and Savior she didn’t do anything except to sat and listen
to His wisdom and life changing words. This is what we do when we pray, this is
what we do when we read the bible with all of our being and this is what we do
when we reverently worship Jesus when we attend the celebration of the Holy
Eucharist (Mass).
Jesus
obviously favored the worshipful action of Mary for it is through this she
could grow in closeness with Jesus. This is what Jesus wants for all of us too:
To be close to Him. What does our closeness to Jesus do to us?
It
creates awareness within us that life in this world is temporary and fleeting,
it opens our minds to the immense blessings that we can have the moment we
spend time with Jesus. It teaches us that we must always live and share our
lives with others especially to those who are in need.
How about
Martha? She did no wrong to Jesus in fact what she was doing was for the
benefit of Jesus. However, it would have not cost her much time if she first
listened to the life changing words of Jesus before doing her work.
As we
continue our temporary journey; we will be compelled by the demands of this
world to get busy and to work for our survival. But amidst these worldly things
let us not forget to first allocate time for God. Let us first listen to the
wisdom of God and the life changing words of Jesus.
Do you
always give time first for Jesus before doing your daily activities? – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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