Mary and Martha (Proper 11C)
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The story of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) is recognizable and feels simple because it provokes something in us so easily.
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The story of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) is recognizable and feels simple because it provokes something in us so easily.
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The Mary and Martha story in Luke is so familiar. We make typologies of the characters. And often avoid its significance.
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The desire to take on everything and do it myself is so strong. But what if that is the heart of what is wrong?
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This story sticks with me. It always has. There’s something about it which tickles and fascinates. What is Jesus getting at with Mary? What is she doing which causes her to be doing the “right” thing? What is Martha getting wrong? Proper 11C | Luke 10:38-42 Several years ago, a friend who was an engineer…
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Here Jesus comes and that woman, Mary, who I imagined hitting Jesus’s chest in anger and mourning, whose brother has been brought back from the dead, this Mary, takes a pound of ointment, which is brought in a giant vessel and she is going to wash Jesus’s feet and prepare him for his burial. Mary…
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But I wonder, if we listen close, if we don’t hear words, we’ll hear weeping. Weeping for the loved one lost? Weeping for GOD’s own? Weeping for our pain and suffering and confusion? Weeping because we haven’t listened. Mary, Martha, Lazarus and the Light of the World All Saints’ Day B | John 11:32-44 Sisters…
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a homily for Proper 11C Text: Luke 10:38-42 Dividing Each Other Before we get into the meat of this week’s gospel story, I want us to acknowledge something. This is a divisive gospel. There are many among us that feel recognized and justified. They feel like Mary. They love to be reminded that they are…