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:
Why did
Jesus favored Mary? He favored her for the simple reason that she gave her time
to Him. She listened to Him and Mary knew that before her was her God. And she
would not let this precious moment pass her by without giving Him her ear.
Many of
us chase the many temporal things of this world. We spend a lot of time achieving
our worldly dreams thinking that this would make us complete. Only to know
later that it will not, we will even end up empty if we continue to chase the
temporal things of this world. Why? For the simple reason that worldly things
or worldliness will never complete us.
Jesus
only ask us one thing, for us to give Him our time and for us to listen to Him.
We make Jesus very happy if we first listen to Him and leave everything else
behind for Him.
Let us
all remember that when the time comes that we are lying on our deathbeds. We will not be thinking of the temporal
achievements that we’ve done for this world. For example, the riches, the awards and
citations and so forth. Around that time, we will long for no one except for
the presence of Jesus in our lives. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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