In the course
of their journey Jesus came to a village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him
into her house.
She had a
sister called Mary, who sat down at the Lord's feet and listened to him
speaking. Now Martha, who was distracted with all the serving, came to him and
said, 'Lord, do you not care that my sister is leaving me to do the serving all
by myself? Please tell her to help me. But the Lord answered, 'Martha, Martha,'
he said, 'you worry and fret about so many things, and yet few are needed,
indeed only one. It is Mary who has chosen the better part, and it is not to be
taken from her.'
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Reflection:
What are you
going to do if you visit a house of a friend and you get the same treatment
that Jesus received from Martha and Mary? Who are you going to favor Martha or
Mary? It actually depends upon you who are you going to favor. But Jesus
obviously preferred the action of Mary who sat down at His feet and faithfully
listened to Him.
What did
Martha do that it did not get the merit of Jesus? Martha was busy preparing
food for Jesus. Why did Jesus did not favor her when what she was doing was for
His honor also? Jesus is a preacher and being a preacher he wants people to
listen to Him so that He could impart His wisdom. This was perhaps the reason
why Jesus preferred the reverent action of Mary.
What happens
to us when we listen to Jesus and when we meditate on His words? We gain wisdom
from Jesus himself and we are enlightened by Him no less. But do we still have
time to listen to Jesus? Are we not very busy with our many worldly
undertakings?
Some of
us may say that we have to move and be busy because we have to earn and eat
otherwise we’ll get hungry. Yes, this is true, but what would happen to us if
we are all work? If we have no more time for Jesus or if Jesus is just a
minuscule entity in our lives? - Marino J. Dasmarinas
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