SHE WENT TO MEET HIM

PRAYER PAUSE

Friday 29 July 2016, Martha  

SHE WENT TO MEET HIM

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “When Martha heard that Jesus had come she went to meet him. Mary remained sitting in the house.” (John 11:19-27)

Reflection. Martha and Mary fascinate readers of the gospels. Their response to Jesus is the only incident the fourteenth century author of The Cloud devotes several chapters to. Martha is the get-up-and-do one. Mary is the sit-and-wait one. Jesus responds by saying Mary has chosen “better.” Yet we are uncomfortable with this. How often we say, ‘Don’t just sit there, do something!’ Martha is the one who gives a Peter-like confession; ‘You are the Christ the Son of God, the one who was to come into this world.’ Words of great faith.

Prayer. Lord, may we have the active alertness of Martha while giving time to the patient attention of Mary! Amen