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:
Like
Martha are we anxious and worried about many things?
This
story of Martha is our story also. Are we not too busy with the daily grind of
this temporary life that we don’t have anymore time to pray and listen to
Jesus? Many of us are somewhat like
Martha very busy with worldliness and what happens when we have no more
time to listen to Jesus?
There’s
disintegration in the family simply because we have no more time to listen to Jesus. There is still life after this present life that we are in and we can best
prepare ourselves to go there if we will always take time to listen and be one
with Jesus thru the celebration of the Holy Mass.
Many modern parents today are often very busy with their own worldly activities. They hardly have time to take care and counsel their children. Thus, they try to compensate their lack of personal interactions with their children by giving them money and the latest gadgets that do more harm than good to them.
What
would happen to us if upon waking-up in the morning we storm-out of bed, eat
our breakfast and be busy with our daily activities? We become citizens of this
world that are distant from Jesus.
How about
if we take time first to thank Jesus for His many blessings? We pray and listen
to Him even for a brief moment; we can always create time for God if we would
want to. This would surely make us closer to Jesus, we will learn more from Him
and we will become more sensitive to what He wants us to do for Him.
When
Jesus entered a village and subsequently went to the house of Mary and Martha.
It was Mary who took time to sit beside at His feet to listen to Him. Thus Mary
imbibed everything that Jesus wanted to tell her. By listening to Jesus she
learned from Him and developed a much deeper friendship with Him.
Martha on
the other hand was very busy preparing food for Jesus she forgot that Jesus was
not after what she was doing. Jesus wanted her to be like Mary, He wanted her
to also listen to Him.
By
listening to Jesus we learn from Him and we develop a much deeper friendship
with Him. Do we always take time daily even for a brief moment to pray and
listen to Jesus? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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