5 Oct
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27th Week in Ordinary Time
Gal. 1:13-24
Ps. 139:1-3,13-15
Lk. 10:38-42
(Ps Wk III)
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In today's short gospel reading we have a lesson on hospitality. Jesus chooses to visit His friends Martha and Mary where He knows He will be welcomed. Yet during this visit we see Jesus' concern for Martha. The busyness of her life and her overwhelming sense of duty to serve others, leaves her exhausted and blaming her sister for not helping her with her duties. Yet Jesus praises the part that Mary plays. She is the listener, the one who is attentive to Jesus. She is the one also who receives from Jesus and learns from Him.

More than anything else the feeling of being listened to offers a place of solace, a place where a person can pour out his/her story and feel accepted and understood.

Today for most of us life is hectic and the busyness of life often keeps us from being attentive to God, to the people we meet, perhaps even to our own families and children. Yet this is what most people are longing for - a listening ear. All of us I'm sure have the experience of really being listened to and we know what this means to us.

As we reflect on this reading today let us look at Martha and Mary and ask ourselves which of the two we can most identify with. What is Jesus inviting me to today?



Lord help me to have a balance in my life, that my activity will flow from my times of quiet with you and that the time spent in Your presence will enrich the rest of my life.

DAILY OFFERING
Eternal Father, I offer You everything I do this day; my thoughts, words, joys and sufferings. Grant that, vivified by the Holy Spirit and united to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, my life this day may be of service to You and to others. I also pray that all those preparing for marriage discover in Sacrament the source of Christ's grace for living a fithful and fruitful love. Amen.

PRAYING WITH THE CHURCH
INTENTION
That, firm in their faith, Christians may be eager to dialogue with those who belong to another religious tradition.
Elaboration

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