Daily Reflection: Tuesday, October 5
October 5, Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care…?
(Lk 11:40)
Martha was burdened with much serving. Not just serving, but much serving. The situation seems unfair to her and to us. The Lord does not address her concern directly, so she probably went back to work and pondered what lesson she was supposed to learn. Patience in labor may have been part of it.
John Frambes, ofm