July 29 SAINT MARTHA Virgin (†84)
Saint John tells us that Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus (John 11:5), but only a few glimpses are vouchsafed us of them in the Gospels. First, the sisters are set before us: Martha received Jesus into her house, and was busy in outward, loving, lavish service, while Mary sat in silence at the feet she had bathed with her tears. Then we learn that their brother is ill when they send word to Jesus concerning their brother Lazarus, “Lord, he whom Thou … [More]

A further legend relates that Martha then went to Tarascon, where a monster, the Tarasque, was a constant threat to the population. Martha managed to tame the monster and eventually died in Tarascon, where she was buried. Her tomb is located in the crypt of the local Collegiate Church. Again, the Golden Legend provides the details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha

Saints for July 29

Antony
Beatrix
Beatrix of Valfleury
Callinicus of Paphlagonia
Eugene
Faustinus of Spello
Flora
John Baptist Lo
Joseph Tshang
Kilian
Lazarus
Louis Bertran
Lucilla
Lupus of Troyes
Mancius of the Holy Cross

Martha
Martha Wang
Olaf II
Olaus
Paul Tcheng
Peter of the Holy Mother of God
Prosper of Orleans
Seraphina
Serapia of Syria
Simplicius
Sulian
Theodore
Urban II, Pope
William of Saint-Brieuc
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First Letter of John 4:7-16.
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.
Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love.
In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another.
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July 29 is the feast day of Saint Martha of John 11 and 12. This prayer is for those in mourning.