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 …More
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 lovest is sick. (John 11:3) In His own time the Lord came, and they went out to meet Him; then follows that scene of unutterable tenderness and of sublimity unsurpassed: the silent mourning of Mary; Martha strong in faith, but realizing so vividly, with her practical turn of mind, the fact of death, and hesitating: Lord, by this time he is already decayed! He has been dead four days.
And then once again, on the eve of His Passion, we see Jesus at Bethany, with His resurrected disciple. Martha, …More
(† 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 lovest is sick. (John 11:3) In His own time the Lord came, and they went out to meet Him; then follows that scene of unutterable tenderness and of sublimity unsurpassed: the silent mourning of Mary; Martha strong in faith, but realizing so vividly, with her practical turn of mind, the fact of death, and hesitating: Lord, by this time he is already decayed! He has been dead four days.
And then once again, on the eve of His Passion, we see Jesus at Bethany, with His resurrected disciple. Martha, …More
Other Saints of the Day:
Àngel Prat Hostench
Antony
Beatrix of Rome
Beatrix of Valfleury
Callinicus of Paphlagonia
Charles-Antoine-Nicolas Ancel
Eliseo Maneus Besalduch
Eugene
Faustinus of Rome
Faustinus of Spello
Felix of Rome
Flora the Martyr
John Baptist Luo Tingyin
José Calasanz Marqués
Joseph Zhang
Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Aldaz
Kilian of Inishcaltra
Louis Bertran
Lucilla
Lupus of Troyes …More
Other Saints of the Day:
Àngel Prat Hostench
Antony
Beatrix of Rome
Beatrix of Valfleury
Callinicus of Paphlagonia
Charles-Antoine-Nicolas Ancel
Eliseo Maneus Besalduch
Eugene
Faustinus of Rome
Faustinus of Spello
Felix of Rome
Flora the Martyr
John Baptist Luo Tingyin
José Calasanz Marqués
Joseph Zhang
Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Aldaz
Kilian of Inishcaltra
Louis Bertran
Lucilla
Lupus of Troyes
Mancius of the Cross
Manuel Serrano Buj
Martha
Martha Wang
Olaf II
Olaus of Sweden
Paulus Chen Changpin
Pere Dorca Coromina
Pere Ferrer Marín
Petrus of Saint Mary
Prosper of Orleans
Rufo of Rome
Seraphina
Serapia of Syria
Simplicius of Rome
Sulian
Theodore
Urban II, Pope
—
Martyrs of Calanda
—
William of San Brieuc
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Àngel Prat Hostench
Antony
Beatrix of Rome
Beatrix of Valfleury
Callinicus of Paphlagonia
Charles-Antoine-Nicolas Ancel
Eliseo Maneus Besalduch
Eugene
Faustinus of Rome
Faustinus of Spello
Felix of Rome
Flora the Martyr
John Baptist Luo Tingyin
José Calasanz Marqués
Joseph Zhang
Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Aldaz
Kilian of Inishcaltra
Louis Bertran
Lucilla
Lupus of Troyes
Mancius of the Cross
Manuel Serrano Buj
Martha
Martha Wang
Olaf II
Olaus of Sweden
Paulus Chen Changpin
Pere Dorca Coromina
Pere Ferrer Marín
Petrus of Saint Mary
Prosper of Orleans
Rufo of Rome
Seraphina
Serapia of Syria
Simplicius of Rome
Sulian
Theodore
Urban II, Pope
—
Martyrs of Calanda
—
William of San Brieuc
catholicsaints.info/29-july/