Martha, Mary, and their brother Lazarus were close friends of Jesus. Martha has come down to us as the original “Type A” personality, the busy one in Luke’s gospel who has trouble sitting still when Jesus visits. But she also was a woman of great courage and faith in the face of loss. We can take inspiration from her simple, strong profession of faith in the gospel. Even in the face of her great grief at having lost her brother, she was unshaken in her faith that Jesus was the “resurrection and the life.” When a death leaves us feeling devastated, Martha’s witness can bring us strength and hope.

TODAY’S READINGS: Jeremiah 18:1-6; John 11:19-27 or Luke 10:38-42
“I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God.”