Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Intention: For persons whose lives are being damaged by racism, discrimination, and marginalization, that all persons of good will come together to end these injustices and work for healing, dignity, and justice.
Today’s Gospel | Luke 10:38-42
Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.”
The Lord said to her in reply, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”
From the Third Meditation for the Time of Retreat | Saint John Baptist de La Salle
Because you are obliged to help your disciples save themselves, you must engage them to unite all their actions to those of Jesus Christ, our Lord, so that their actions, made holy by his merits and by his consecration, are able to be pleasing to God and a means of salvation for them. This is how you must teach them to benefit from the death of Jesus Christ, our Lord, and to make the advantages and merits of his death effective in them.
Prayer
Eternal Father, our lives filled with things to do. It is easy to confuse busy-ness for purpose, when our tally of things done matters more than meeting our responsibilities for one another. In the quietness of prayer, slow us down. Calm our bodies, cleanse our hearts, and reassure our souls, so that in sitting at your feet, we may rest in you and find our way again. May a spirit of simplicity guide our time with others and inspire our devotion to serving those who you have entrusted to our care. We ask this of you who lives and reigns with your Son and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever. Amen.