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  Christ in the House of Martha and Mary Joachim Beuckelaer [ Web Gallery of Art ] On this mountain the  Lord  of hosts will make for all peoples   a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,   of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined  (Isaiah 25:6, First Reading). The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,     and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast  . . .  (Matthew 22:2-3 Gospel). Readings   (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Readings   (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, India [optional], Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa) Gospel   Matthew 22:1-14 or 22:1-10 ( English Standard Version Anglicised) Again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying,   “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son,   and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come.   Again he sent othe

    I was reflecting on the popular scripture passage about Mary and Martha recently and I want to share a few thoughts with you about it. If you don’t know the account, you can find it in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 11, beginning at verse 38.   In a nutshell, Jesus visited the home of two sisters—Martha and Mary—and Martha complained to Jesus because she was “burdened with much serving” and her sister Mary was sitting beside Jesus at his feet, listening to him.   This didn’t sit too well with Martha, so she said to Jesus: “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?   Tell her to help me.” Is there one person reading this right now that can’t relate to Martha?   Whether it is at Thanksgiving, or an ordinary day of cooking and cleaning, at some point, most of us look an awful lot like Martha.   We look around us at what others are doing and wonder why we are stuck doing everything (even though that may not even be true!) Unfortunately for Ma