In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence.

I ask your pardon for my sins and the grace to make this time of prayer fruitful.

My Immaculate Mother, St. Joseph, my Father and Lord, my guardian angel, intercede for me.

We read in the gospel, now it came to pass as they were on their journey that Jesus entered a certain

village, and a woman named Martha welcomed him to her house.

Today is the feast of St. Martha and we have this very memorable scene at her house

when Jesus is passing by and he is welcome there.

This is something obviously that happened historically and we know that Jesus was a very good friend of Lazarus.

He wept at his tomb and people remarked how much he loved him and obviously he loves every single one of us but

when he was here historically on earth he had friends like anybody else and he loved everyone to the

end as st john would say But there were people that probably he

hung around with more, and the family of Martha, Mary, and Lazarus was one of those families.

St. Jose Maria was very fond of thinking of the tabernacle as Bethany,

because that's the name of the town where Martha and Mary lived.

And he says that the tabernacle for us, or the chapel, or the church that you go to,

should be like Bethany,

where Jesus feels very comfortable in visiting when he's passing by.

And in this case, as he's passing by, well, Martha is very hospitable, so she and her sister Mary invite him in.

And the two sisters are very different in personality.

As we read, Martha welcomed him to her house and she had a sister called Mary

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