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 does habitual prayer do to you? What does daily bible reading do to
you? What does consistent presence at the Celebration of the Holy Mass do to
you? These actions if done with piety would bring you closer to Jesus.
In today’s gospel our attention is brought on the two actions of sisters
Mary and Martha with Jesus at the center of it all.
When Mary recognized her Lord and Savior she didn’t do anything except to
sat and listen to His wisdom filled and life changing words. This is what we do
when we pray, this is what we do when we read the bible with all of our being
and this is what we do when we reverently worship Jesus when we attend the
celebration of the Holy Eucharist (Mass).
Jesus obviously favored the reverential action of Mary for it is through
this that she could grow in closeness with Jesus. This is what Jesus wants for
all of us too: To be close to Him.
What would our closeness to Jesus do to us? It creates awareness within
us that life in this world is temporary and fleeting. We are made aware that
accumulation of worldly wealth is nothing compared to our closeness with Jesus.
It opens our minds to the immense
blessings that we can have the moment we spend time with Jesus. It teaches us
that we must always live and share our lives with others especially to those
who are in need.
How about Martha? She did no wrong to Jesus in fact what she was doing
was for the benefit of Jesus. However, it would have not cost her much time if
she first listened to the life changing words of Jesus before preparing food
for Him.
As we continue our temporary journey; we will be compelled by the demands
of this world to get busy and to work for our survival. This world will
continue to deceitfully compel us to embrace the rat race lifestyle until it
completely separate us from the Lord.
This we must now allow for what good will it bring us if we gain this
world yet we are separated from the love of the Lord? Therefore we have to
listen first to Jesus before plunging into this busy world. Because it is in listening to Him first that we would
gain true wisdom which this world cannot give us no matter how hard we
work.
Do you always take time to listen first to the Lord? – Marino J.
Dasmarinas
5 comments:
hi! Thank you so much for your daily reflections. Thanks to it, I understand the gospels much better than before!
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