Luke 10:38-42
- Now as they went on their way, [Jesus] entered a village;
and a woman named Martha received him into her house. And
she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and
listened to his teaching. But Martha was distracted with much
serving; and she went to him and said, "Lord, do you not care
that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to
help me." But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you
are anxious and troubled about many things; one thing is needful.
Mary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken
away from her." (RSV)
Are you sitting at the Lord's feet? - Mary
came and sat at his feet. This was as through she were sitting
on firm ground at the feet of him who had forgiven the sinful
woman her sins (Luke 7:38). She had put on a crown in order
to enter into the kingdom of the Firstborn. She had chosen
the better portion, the Benefactor, the Messiah himself. This
will never be taken away from her. Martha’s love was
more fervent than Mary’s, for before He had arrived
there, she was ready to serve him. “Do you not care
that my sister has left me to serve alone?” When He
came to raise Lazarus to life, she ran and came out first.
(St. Ephreim the Syrian)
Why does the Church place this Gospel reading about Martha
and Mary (a different Mary than Mary, the Mother of God) before
us on the Feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God into
the Temple? Because it’s all about discipleship. Mary,
the Mother of God, is the first and foremost disciple of Christ. |
| His Eminence, Daniel Cardinal
Dinardo, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston,
magnanimously invited the Houston Byzantine Catholics to participate
in the large-scale evangelization conference hosted by the
Archdiocese. Houston Byzantines answered and also extended
the invitation to Byzantines all over the state. Through workshops,
a parish-sponsored information booth and the serving of Great
Vespers in the Co-Cathedral, a strong witness to the ancient
faith heritage of the Byzantine Church was shared with our
brothers and sisters of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of
Galveston-Houston.
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