Mary and Martha

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For 5 October 2010, Tuesday of 27th week, based on Luke 10:38-42

Now as they went on their way, he entered a certain village, where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.”


Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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About Fr. Peter Murnane, O.P.

A Dominican friar, born in Western Victoria in 1940, I worked up and down Eastern Australia from 1965 until 1991, when I went to Aotearoa-New Zealand for twenty years, then to the Solomon Islands. After some medical adventures, I’ve been back in Melbourne since 2016. Besides this blog, Archways to the Infinite was published in 2018, [Garratt Publications] and a book on clericalism will soon be launched.