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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