This Sunday's readings show hospitality to strangers remains an important part of life. We should be attentive to our guest, Jesus, when we hear his Word, writes Msgr. Joseph Prior.

It’s easy to overlook Martha’s virtuous qualities in this Sunday’s Gospel: her honesty, frankness, diligence, thoughtfulness, ...

Jesus Christ loved Mary and Martha and taught how to choose "that good part," writes Sister Dana Earl of the Relief Society general advisory council.

Mary, Martha and Lazarus invited Jesus and the apostles to their house for dinner. Martha served the dinner, and Lazarus reclined at table with Jesus and the apostles.

That generosity is early evidenced at the very beginning of this episode, when Martha and Mary, Lazarus’s sisters, ask Jesus to go to their home at Bethany in Judea where, they tell him, “He ...

The Gospels speak of a family close to Jesus, intimate friends who lived in Bethany— Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha. They also followed Jesus. Interestingly, the Scripture shows us very ...

Aboard the papal plane, 29 July, 2024 / 11:15 am (ACI Africa). "Jesus loved Martha, and her sister Mary, and Lazarus" (John 11:5). Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus were three siblings living in the town ...

The friendship that Jesus had with Mary, Martha and Lazarus is the friendship that he offers us.

Martha shows us that deep faith can coexist with anger towards God, distraction in listening to God, frustration with God, and not be lessened by any of those things.

Reflection on the two painted panels On 26 January 2021, Pope Francis decreed the inclusion of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus into the General Roman Calendar, replacing the previous celebration of ...