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Saint
Martha |
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"Now
Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus" John
11:5, declares the special relationship Jesus had with
Martha, her sister Mary of Bethany, and her brother,
Lazarus.
The
Gospels mention that Jesus is a frequent guest at
Martha's home in Bethany, a small village two miles from
Jerusalem.
We all
identify the stress any guest can place in our home. Can
you imagine the stress the visit of one so Holy in
Martha's house? Yet Martha, worried and distracted,
welcomed the visits Jesus and his disciples into her
home and immediately goes to work to serve them. In all
the worldly distractions
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Martha was kindly reminded by Jesus that there
is only one thing that is truly important --
listening to him. This lesson Martha learned and
during the mourning for the death of her brother
she got up to hear Jesus when He came again as a
guest.
All we know of
Martha are the mentions of her in the Gospels of
Luke and John. We know nothing more of her
later. Legend puts her and Mary to evangelize in
France after the Pentecost.
Martha served
Jesus. No showy things. No spectacular miracles.
She just served Jesus. Just as we all should. Martha is the
patron saint of servants and cooks.
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A Prayer In Honor of Saint Martha
(Feast – July 29) |
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O glorious Saint Martha,
I have recourse to your protection and aid,
And as proof of my affection and faith
I promise faithfully to complete this novena.
Comfort me in my
difficulties
And intercede for my family
With your intimate friend, our savior,
That we may always hold God in our hearts
And be provided for in our necessities.
I beg your
supplications
Especially in behalf of the favor
I ask of you in this novena.
(mention your
request). |
I ask you, Saint
Martha,
By your intercession to help me
In overcoming all my difficulties
And to teach me to become great
In the Kingdom of Heaven
By becoming as humble as you
In this world. Amen.
Our Father ...
Hail Mary ...
Glory Be ...
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For more, please
read |
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The Life of Saint Mary Magdalene and of Her Sister Saint Martha (Cistercian Studies Series, No 180)
(Paperback)
by David C. Mycoff (Translator) |
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Saint of the Day: Lives, Lessons, and Feasts
(Paperback)
by Leonard Foley (Editor), Pat McCloskey (Editor) |
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one-half page to several pages. Short
entries giving written insight into the
lives of pious individuals are combined
with depictions rendered by artists such
as Raphael and El Greco. An inexpensive
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