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July 29, 2010
Memorial of Saint Martha
Reading 1
*** July 29 Mass readings/commentary (God is like a potter & forms his people / Mary has chosen the better [ministry?] in her focus on Christ…) ***
Jer 18:1-6
This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Rise up, be off to the potter’s house;
there I will give you my message.
I went down to the potter’s house and there he was,
working at the wheel.
Whenever the object of clay which he was making
turned out badly in his hand,
he tried again,
making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased.
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Can I not do to you, house of Israel,
as this potter has done? says the LORD.
Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter,
so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
Ps 146:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6abResponsorial PsalmR. (5a)
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Praise the LORD, O my soul;
I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.
R.*** Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.***
or:
R. Alleluia.
Put not your trust in princes,
in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.
When his spirit departs he returns to his earth;
on that day his plans perish.
R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Blessed he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD, his God.
Who made Heaven and Earth,
the sea and all that is in them.
R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Gospel:
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."
.
God is the potter & we are His clay. Hopefully we are good clay & let Him work with us… I’d say most of us need a lot of work :hypno::banghead:
Jesus shows that Mary has chosen the “better part” of serving Him. She seems to be hanging on His every word and focusing on His person not so much His work, meaning the works of serving others phsyically… although I am sure she did both. Jesus seems to be telling Martha that there are many ministries or ways of serving… & that she shouldn’t try to take the best way away from Mary by insisting that she serve in a more logistical way…
Some saint said that contemplation is better than other kinds of works… but of course, that doesn’t mean we don’t have to be charitable with our time, $$, and other resources…
If people spent more time adoring and contemplating, this world would be a better place… instead the devil has this world…
Memorial of Saint Martha
Reading 1
*** July 29 Mass readings/commentary (God is like a potter & forms his people / Mary has chosen the better [ministry?] in her focus on Christ…) ***
Jer 18:1-6
This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Rise up, be off to the potter’s house;
there I will give you my message.
I went down to the potter’s house and there he was,
working at the wheel.
Whenever the object of clay which he was making
turned out badly in his hand,
he tried again,
making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased.
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Can I not do to you, house of Israel,
as this potter has done? says the LORD.
Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter,
so are you in my hand, house of Israel.
Ps 146:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6abResponsorial PsalmR. (5a)
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Praise the LORD, O my soul;
I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live.
R.*** Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.***
or:
R. Alleluia.
Put not your trust in princes,
in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.
When his spirit departs he returns to his earth;
on that day his plans perish.
R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Blessed he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD, his God.
Who made Heaven and Earth,
the sea and all that is in them.
R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Gospel:
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."
.
God is the potter & we are His clay. Hopefully we are good clay & let Him work with us… I’d say most of us need a lot of work :hypno::banghead:
Jesus shows that Mary has chosen the “better part” of serving Him. She seems to be hanging on His every word and focusing on His person not so much His work, meaning the works of serving others phsyically… although I am sure she did both. Jesus seems to be telling Martha that there are many ministries or ways of serving… & that she shouldn’t try to take the best way away from Mary by insisting that she serve in a more logistical way…
Some saint said that contemplation is better than other kinds of works… but of course, that doesn’t mean we don’t have to be charitable with our time, $$, and other resources…
If people spent more time adoring and contemplating, this world would be a better place… instead the devil has this world…