What is your uniqueness that you can use in serving God? - Daily Reflections July 29,2014

THE EXAMPLE OF ST. MARTHA

 

Today’s commemoration somehow caps a series of memorials this month, commemorations or feasts of several other saints. The common denominator among them is that they all knew, or encountered in the flesh, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself in His lifetime. They were His disciples, contemporaries or relatives: St. Thomas, St. Mary Magdalene, St. James, Sts. Joachim and Anne, and finally today, St. Martha.

       A song by the Filipino Catholic music ministry group, Bukas Palad, extols her: “You, who welcomed Christ into your home, You who must have washed the Savior’s feet, are truly blest....” If only for these deeds of service, which St. Martha performed especially for the Lord Jesus, she deserves our praise, emulation and imitation. Sometimes relegated to second fiddle vis-à-vis her siblings Mary and Lazarus, Martha does have merits of her own. She lived her being the Lord’s disciple through her gracious hospitality and humble service.

       And, of course, there is the beautiful lesson in the Gospel episode today. Even with the untimely death of her brother, Lazarus, Martha showed that tragedy can be turned into an occasion to strengthen faith in Jesus. We join our voices with hers, as we too declare our oath of faithful and faith-filled allegiance and conviction, “Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is to come into the world.” Fr. Martin Macasaet, SDB

 

REFLECTION QUESTION: What is your uniqueness that you can use in serving God?

 

Lord, You have created each of us differently, unique from one another. Help me to use my uniqueness in serving You and in fulfilling my life’s mission.