Mary stays home, and Martha, again the more active sister, greets Jesus in town and makes the astonishing statement in John 11:27: "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to ...

Jesus’ willingness to include women in his teaching activity provides an important challenge to our church and society today. The Martha-and-Mary narrative also challenges us to balance ...

Tell her to help me." The Bible does not specify the birth order of siblings Martha, Mary and Lazarus, but I just feel in my bones that Martha was the oldest sister. (It takes one to know one.) ...

Sunday, July 17, is the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 5; Colossians 1:24-28; and Luke 10:38-42. Some people, in reading this Gospel about Martha ...

“Now, as they went on their way,” Luke tells us, they rest at the home of Mary and Martha (Luke 10.38-42). Martha is preoccupied with the myriad of tasks that fell to women of her culture . . .

One of the most interesting relationships in the Bible is that of Martha, Mary and Lazarus of Bethany with our Lord. Clearly their relationship was special because it is mentioned in all four of ...

“’Martha, Martha,’ the Lord answered, ‘you are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed — or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be ...

On this day we remember Martha of Bethany, sister of Mary and Lazarus. Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and anyone who ...

Most likely, you are familiar with Mary and Martha. They were sisters. They were believers. And they were as opposite as day and night. We first meet them in Luke ...