For 6 October 2026, Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time, based on Luke 10:38-42, sent in from St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Jesus 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.
About Fr. Tom Condon, OP
Thomas Condon, OP, is a member of the Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres (Southern Province, USA). He is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. Tom was professed as a Dominican in 1982 and ordained to the priesthood in 1988. He has been a campus minister, formation director, shrine director, pastor, and Provincial. Tom received a DMin in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri. He is currently prior of St. Dominic Priory in St. Louis. He is an adjunct professor at Aquinas Institute of Theology as well as a part time chaplain at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and St. Louis University Hospital.
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Jesus 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.
About Fr. Tom Condon, OP
Thomas Condon, OP, is a member of the Dominican Province of St. Martin de Porres (Southern Province, USA). He is a native of Memphis, Tennessee. Tom was professed as a Dominican in 1982 and ordained to the priesthood in 1988. He has been a campus minister, formation director, shrine director, pastor, and Provincial. Tom received a DMin in Preaching from Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri. He is currently prior of St. Dominic Priory in St. Louis. He is an adjunct professor at Aquinas Institute of Theology as well as a part time chaplain at Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital and St. Louis University Hospital.