{"id":81,"date":"2024-11-21T21:23:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/2024\/11\/21\/gospel-reading-2024-11-21\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T21:23:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:23:00","slug":"gospel-reading-2024-11-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/douglasgilliland.com\/theology\/2024\/11\/21\/gospel-reading-2024-11-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Gospel Reading 2024-11-21"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luke 10:38-42<\/a>, 11:27-28<\/a> As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord\u2019s feet listening to what he said. But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to him and asked, \u201cLord, don\u2019t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!\u201d \u201cMartha, Martha,\u201d the Lord answered, \u201cyou are worried and upset about many things, but few things are needed\u2014or indeed only one. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.\u201d … As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd called out, \u201cBlessed is the mother who gave you birth and nursed you.\u201d He replied, \u201cBlessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Mary came and sat at his feet. This was as though she were sitting on firm ground at the feet of him who had forgiven the sinful woman her sins. She had put on a crown in order to enter into the kingdom of the Firstborn. She had chosen the better portion, the Benefactor, the Messiah himself. This will never be taken away from her. Martha\u2019s love was more fervent than Mary\u2019s, for before he had arrived there, she was ready to serve him. \u201cDo you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone?\u201d When he came to raise Lazarus to life, she ran and came out first. <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Commentary on Tatian\u2019s Diatessaron. Ephrem The Syrian AD 373<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Virtue does not have a single form. In the example of Martha and Mary, there is added the busy devotion of the one and the pious attention of the other to the Word of God, which, if it agrees with faith, is preferred even to the very works, as it is written: \u201cMary has chosen the good portion, which shall not be taken away from her.\u201d So let us also strive to have what no one can take away from us, so that not careless but diligent hearing may be granted to us. For even the seeds of the heavenly Word itself are likely to be taken away if they are sowed by the wayside. Let the desire for wisdom lead you as it did Mary. It is a greater and more perfect work. Do not let service divert the knowledge of the heavenly Word\u2026. Nor is Martha rebuked in her good serving, but Mary is preferred because she has chosen the better part for herself, for Jesus abounds with many blessings and bestows many gifts. And therefore the wiser chooses what she perceives as foremost. <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Ambrose of Milan AD 397<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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