Martha, Mary, and the Attitude of Discipleship

Bishop Barron’s Sunday Sermons - Catholic Preaching and Homilies

Bishop Robert Barron

Spirituality, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality:christianity

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🗓️ 18 July 2010

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Although the little story of Martha and Mary has been interpreted throughout the centuries as a parable dealing with the "active" and "contemplative" approach to the spiritual life, it can be read as Christ's invitation to all people to partake in his inner circle of discipleship. Christ overturned the social conventions of his time by summoning all people to discipleship. Thus, we must remove all barriers to discipleship for all people.

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0:00.0	This is Cardinal Francis George.
0:06.3	I invite you to join me for the next few minutes to reflect with Father Robert Barron on the Word of God, which is the Word on Fire.
0:13.2	Word on Fire Catholic Ministries is a non-profit ministry at the forefront of Catholic evangelization,
0:18.6	using new media to spread the faith on every continent.
0:21.9	Father Barron challenges us to open our hearts to the Word on Fire, which is God's
0:26.1	Word of Love for each of us.
0:28.1	If our hearts are open, the Lord can change and transform us so that we might speak with love
0:33.4	about the one who is love.
0:35.7	The global benefactors of Word on Fire,
0:37.9	with the support of the Archdiocese of Chicago,
0:40.3	now present Word on Fire.
0:44.4	Peace be with you.
0:46.3	Friends, this little story of Martha and Mary,
0:49.4	which is our gospel for today,
0:51.6	has a way of getting into people's minds
0:54.1	and getting stuck in their cross, too.
0:57.5	Many people over the years, most of them women, have complained to me about this story. Most
1:04.0	defending Martha against what they take to be an unfair assessment on the part of Jesus.
1:10.1	But it's a story I found that just bugs people and they
1:12.6	ask a lot of questions about it. And it's a very simple, very short, very simple story, but it gets
1:17.7	into people's hearts. And over the centuries, it's been interpreted in a whole variety of ways.
1:24.6	Let me just offer you three different takes, three different angles on this story.
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