Catholic Saint Blogpost

 Maria Los

Humanities

March 15^th 2012

                                                 ST. MARTHA

          St. Martha, who is the patron of cooks, is known from an excerpt of John’s gospel, in the quote “Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus” we hear of this special relationship between Jesus and Martha. She lived in a small village, which was about 2 miles away from Jerusalem. Jesus often was a quest at her house. In a story about Martha it is taught that she is extremely hospitable, so when Jesus comes to pay a visit, Martha is angered by her sister Mary who only pays attention and listens to him, forgetting her duties. She asks Jesus if this is right, and he tells her that, what matters is that she listen to him. This story teaches to not be worried and distracted by the things we must do in our daily life, but to always make time for Jesus. In stories after this we learn that she has learned her lesson. We learn about the about her faith and courage, and how she never doubts Jesus. The rest of what happens to Martha is not known; she is now known as the patron of servants and cooks. The pray that is now said for St. Martha is as follows; “Saint Martha, pray for us that we might serve Jesus better. Help us overcome our distractions and worries to listen to his words and be present to him this day. Amen” The feastday of St. Martha is July 29^th.