Mary and Martha

Contemplative Faith and Work, Genesis 18:1-14, Luke 10:38-42

What is the difference between Abraham and Martha’s approach to the Lord? How does this come to be known to us through the stories of Genesis 18 and Luke 10? Father Jeremiah walks us through these two texts so that we can learn stillness before the Father.

Image: Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, Johannes Vermeer, Public Domain. Image Location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannes_(Jan)_Vermeer_-_Christ_in_the_House_of_Martha_and_Mary_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg

The Vocational Life: Work and Rest, Luke 10.38-42

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Father Jeremiah completes his series on the vocational life with this teaching on Mary and Martha. What is the one thing necessary that Mary had found and that Martha needed? How do work and rest come together in vocation? How do we both rest and toil at the same time? Listen to Father Jeremiah’s conclusion now.

Image: A an etching by Jan Luyken from the Phillip Medhurst Collection of Bible illustrations housed at Belgrave Hall, Leicester, England, photo taken by Phillip Medhurst [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]. Location: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jan_Luyken%27s_Jesus_15._Martha_and_Mary._Phillip_Medhurst_Collection.jpg