Are we are we more like Martha or Mary in today’s gospel? Fr Paul points out that we really need to be like them both. There are times in our lives when, like Martha, we have to accomplish things. There are also times when we need to pause, like Mary, so that we can discover who we are and what our lives are all about.
The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot. Looking up, Abraham saw three men standing nearby.
GN 18:1-10A
It is Christ in you, the hope for glory. It is he whom we proclaim,
COL 1:24-28
“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.”
LK 10:38-42