Monday, October 6, 2014

10/7/2014 – Tuesday of 27th week or ordinary time – Our Lady of the Rosary – Luke 10:38-42

     Our Gospel reading today comes from the 10th chapter of Luke’s Gospel.  And it is interesting to see the trajectory of that chapter. This chapter starts out with Jesus sending out his disciples to the world as missionaries and tells the story of the Good Samaritan right before the reading we hear today. Those readings are about the importance of action, of living out the values of our faith, and in bringing Christ’s Gospel message to others.  But, perhaps, today’s reading is to show us the need to have balance in our lives.  The story of Mary and Martha shows how prayer and reflection and time with God are the foundation of our lives as followers of Jesus. The action and the living out of our faith should flow from that.  Martha was so busy doing and so focused on that, that she did not even have the prayer and reflection on her radar.  The Gospel says that she approached Jesus “burdened with much serving.”  And I can feel like Martha so many days myself, checking to see why the air conditioner is not working on the Knights of Columbus building, trying to come up with a budget for the grass and landscaping in front of the parish offices, making sure I make time for all the sick and shut-ins I have to visit today, trying to write my homilies for the week.  Is my prayer life a priority in all of that?  And do we make time for ourselves, to get adequate rest and relaxation?  Yes, rest and relaxation – what is that?   Today, we celebrate Our Lady of the Rosary, appropriate on this month that the Church dedicates to the Rosary.  I made sure on the day I was writing this homily, that I made time to pray the rosary and to spend time with our Blessed Mother.  But we need to make sure that we do that every day.

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