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:
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 and if we do so. 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 the village and subsequently went to the house of Mary
and Martha. It was Mary who took time to sat 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 our Lord? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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