Daughters of St Paul | Daily Gospel Reflections

 Gospel Lk 10:38-42 Looking for books on prayer services? 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." Reflections: As often happens in our life, Mary is sitting at the feet of  Jesus listening; Martha is busy preparing to attend to the physical needs of her guest-friend Jesus, which is also necessary and important. She is not happy that her sister is spending time listening to Jesus. And Jesus promptly calls Martha’s  attention to the need of centering her attention on Jesus, and listening to the wo