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 makes us
anxious and what influence our worries? It’s our detachment from Jesus. When a
person is detached from listening to Jesus he/she is easily
overtaken by anxiousness and worries.
This doesn’t mean
that if we always have our regular listening time with Jesus we would already be
immune from anxiousness and worries. We would still have our own share of
worries because it’s part of life. However, we will always be able to handle
and manage these pressures and anxiousness of daily life for the reason that we
are connected with Jesus.
Jesus obviously
favored Mary’s act of listening to Him. Why? Because it's more important to listen first to Jesus than do other chores. The same is true with our relationship with Him. If we will spend more time in prayer to Jesus we will learn more from Him. And we will receive more blessings and enlightenment from Him.
If we have our
regular listening and prayer time with Jesus we are always connected to the
source of eternal power. Thus we will always become His useful and productive followers for
the reason that we have within us the source of eternal power none other than
Jesus Himself.
Just imagine a light
bulb not connected to the source of electric power? It will never be useful or
it will never radiate light no matter how big the wattage. This is the same
with a journey in this world bereft of connection from Jesus. – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
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