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Luke 1
0:38-42

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bulletReading the Text:
bullet NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
bullet The Bible Gateway: NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
bulletThe Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
bulletThe World Wide Study Bible includes commentary & sermons.
bulletHistorical References, Commentary and Comparative Texts:
bulletThe Five Gospels Parallels, John W. Marshall, University of Toronto.
bullet"Learning and Practice," Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit.
bullet "Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved?" (sermon on Mark 10:17-31), Clement of Alexandria (c. 200)
bullet Chapter 10, On Cleaving to God, Albertus Magnus, c. 1275.
bullet "Sanctification," Luke 10:42, Meister Eckhart.
bulletFrom the Geneva Notes.
bullet"Christ does not desire to be waited upon in a delicate manner, but to be heard diligently; this is that which he especially requires."
bulletFrom Matthew Henry's Commentary (c. 1700).
bullet"Sitting at Christ's feet, signifies readiness to receive his word, and submission to the guidance of it."
bulletThe Care of the Soul Urged as the One Thing Needful (Luke 10:42): sermon by George Whitefield.
bulletFrom Wesley's Notes. John Wesley (1703-1791).
bullet"Martha was encumbered - The Greek word properly signifies to be drawn different ways at the same time, and admirably expresses the situation of a mind, surrounded (as Martha's then was) with so many objects of care, that it hardly knows which to attend to first."
bulletFrom the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
bullet"Martha's choice would be taken from her, for her services would die with her; Mary's never, being spiritual and eternal. Both were true-hearted disciples, but the one was absorbed in the higher, the other in the lower of two ways of honoring their common Lord."
bullet"The One Thing Needful," Luke 10:42, Charles H. Spurgeon, 1871.
bulletFrom The People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
bullet"Jesus cared nothing for bodily indulgence. The important thing was the bread of life."
bulletContemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
bullet Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
bullet "First Thoughts on Year C Gospel Passages in the Lectionary," Pentecost 8, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia.
bullet"Whoever it might be, whatever the gender, Luke assumes that the most important response of the host is to receive Jesus’ word."
bullet Exegetical Notes by Brian Stoffregen at CrossMarks Christian Resources.
bullet"I have thought of relating Mary's actions with sabbath rest -- a time to stop doing -- and as Luther defines it: 'We do not neglect God's Word and the preaching of it, but regard it as holy and gladly hear and learn it.'"
bullet Blogging toward Sunday, Theolog: The Blog of The Christian Century, William H. Willimon.
bullet "To be a disciple of Jesus, one must not only leave the dead to bury the dead and move out without regard to the folks back home (last Sunday’s gospel) but also be willing to risk, to open one’s door, sometimes in the middle of the night, and let Jesus into the living room."
bullet "The Martha-Mary Double Bind," Jane Carol Redmont, The Witness.
bullet"We have Mary the contemplative and Martha the busybody do-gooder. We have Mary in more recent decades reinterpreted as the model for women in theological education – and we have an English group once opposed to the emancipation of women named the Martha Movement."
bullet "The Mystic and the Church," study guide, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Mysticism," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2005.
bullet Laterally Luke, by Brian McGowan, Anglican priest in Western Australia.
bullet "Exegetical Considerations," Pentecost 7, Richard Carlson, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, Using Greek for Sunday Text Preparations.
bullet"From Martha’s point of view, what would bring relief from her anxiety? From Jesus’ point of view what brings relief from anxiety?"
bullet Dylan's Lectionary Blog, Proper 11C. Biblical Scholar Sarah Dylan Breuer looks at readings for the coming Sunday in the lectionary of the Episcopal Church.
bullet "The message, I think, is that we all may be and often are called to relinquish roles, identities, patterns of behavior that feel 'tried and true' or even immutable not only for the sake of growing in our own discipleship, but to invite others -- even or especially others who may seem perfectly happy with a privileged role they've got -- to become more fully who they are in Christ, and to live more fully into the ministry to which Christ calls them."
bullet "Interpretations of Luke 10:38-42," Clara Beth Speel Van de Water, Festschrift in Honor of Charles Speel, Monmouth College, 1997.
bullet"I dare say that it was controversial, at the very least, when women attached themselves to teachers as disciples, and that many rabbis would not have accepted Mary as Jesus did, even teaching her in her home."
bullet Exegesis, Proper 11C, by Richard Donovan at lectionary.org.
bullet "Confessions of a Multi-tasker," Expository Essay, Luke 10:38-42, Dr. William R. Long. Part 2.
bullet"Don't wait until you have life "worked out" or until the kids are out of college or until you are financially secure enough to have enough money to live on until you are 93. Right now is a time to hear the Word of Jesus, to sit at his feet, to focus on the one thing that will transform our lives."
bullet Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion, Luke 10:38-42, Wesley White. "A place of conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
bullet "What Is Waste of Time?" Fr. Gerry Pierse, C.Ss.R., from Sundays Into Silence: Reflections on the Sunday Gospels in the Light of Christian Meditation. Claretian Publications.
bullet"For some, prayer is a non-productive waste of time which can easily be done without. For others it is an effort to promote efficiency by getting God on our side...Christian meditation is just being still in the presence of the Lord."
bullet Wellspring of the Gospel, Ordinary 16, Catherine McElhinney and Kathryn Turner, Weekly Wellsprings.
bullet "Poor Martha," Garret Keizer, The Christian Century, 2001.
bullet "Jesus Visits Martha and Mary," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
bullet"Try to list the different techniques used today to grow congregations, and consider how these divert members from the priority of the Word."
bullet "Choosing the Best Part," analysis and reflection by Mike Hoy in Sabbatheology by The Crossings Community of St Louis, Missouri.
bullet "Having so many tasks can be appropriately appreciated as part and parcel of the nature of vocation (vocatio). But the malady of these tasks is when they become (as they obviously do for Martha, and for us) a burden, nothing more than life's hassle."
bulletArticles & Background:
bullet "Martha," "Mary, Sister of Lazarus," wikipedia.
bullet "Martha and Mary: Why at Luke 10.38-42?" John J. Kilgallen, Biblica 2003.
bullet "It seems best to think of this story as an affirmation of the teaching of the ‘one thing necessary’, the teaching within the story of the Good Samaritan. Indeed, the Mary-Martha story underlines the Lucan emphasis on the primacy of all Jesus’ teaching."
bullet "Lost in God: What Can We Learn from the Mystics?" Interview with Bernard McGinn by Sarah Miller, The Christian Century, 2003.
bullet"Christian mystics, in particular, are not breakaway contemplatives who find their own way to God. They are bearers and interpreters of a common tradition built upon a concrete revelation: God became human so that humans might become God. Christian mystics do not dabble in altered states. They seek radically altered lives."
bullet "'What is Written? How Are You Reading?' Gospel, Intertextuality and Doing Lukewise: Reading Lk 10:25-42 Otherwise," Gary A. Phillips, Semeia 69-70: Intertextuality and the Bible, 1995.
bullet "Take a Breather on the Tube," Roger Tagholm, The Guardian, July 10, 2004.
bullet"When I put my ticket into the barrier at the station what I am sometimes reminded of is one of the most famous collections of Zen koans - the 'gateless gate' of Wu-men Huik'ai, the 13th-century Chinese meditation master. We feel that there is a gate that 'separates' us from enlightenment, but once we pass through it - should we be lucky enough - we turn around and realise that the gate was never there in the first place. We are already enlightened - we just don't know it."
bulletArticles in ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are subscribed and logged in to ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
bulletAnderson, Mary W., "Hospitality Theology," The Christian Century, 1998. Image Browse - PDF
bulletBaker, Aelred, "One Thing Necessary," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1965. Image Browse - PDF
bulletCarter, Warren, "Getting Martha out of the Kitchen: Luke 10:38-42 Again," The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
bulletChung, Sook Ja, "Bible Study: Women's Ways of Doing Mission in the Story of Mary and Martha," International Review of Mission, 2004. Image Browse - PDF
bulletFiorenza, Elisabeth Schüssler, "A Feminist Critical Interpretation for Liberation: Martha and Mary: Lk. 10:38-42," Religion and Intellectual Life, 1986. Image Browse - PDF
bulletHearon, Holly E., "Between Text and Sermon: Luke 10:38-42," Interpretation, 2004. Image Browse - PDF
bulletHeffner, Blake R., "Meister Eckhart and a Millennium with Mary and Martha," Lutheran Quarterly, 1991. Image Browse - PDF
bulletJones, L. Gregory, "The Virtues of Hospitality," The Christian Century, 1992. Image Browse - PDF
bulletKarris, Robert J., "Luke's Soteriology of With-ness," Currents in Theology and Mission, 1985. Image Browse - PDF
bulletKeizer, Garret, "Poor Martha," The Christian Century, 2001. Image Browse - PDF
bulletPhillips, Gary A., "'What Is Written? How Are You Reading?' Gospel, Intertextuality and Doing Lukewise: Reading Lk 10:25-42 Otherwise," Semeia, 1995. Image Browse - PDF
bulletSmith, Mitzi J., "A Tale of Two Sisters: Am I My Sister's Keeper?" Journal of Religious Thought, 1996. Image Browse - PDF
bulletWall, Robert W., "Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42) in the Context of a Christian Deuteronomy," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1989. Image Browse - PDF
bulletReviews:
bullet Reviews: Frances Taylor Gench, Back to the Well: Women's Encounters with Jesus in the Gospels. Westminster John Knox, 2004. Reviews by Orysya Hachko, Kelly Iverson, and Betsy J Bauman-Maring in SBL's Review of Biblical Literature.
bulletSermons:
bullet "Both Mary and Martha," Daniel j. Harrington, America: The National Catholic Weekly, 2007.
bullet "Mary and Martha," the Rev. Thomas G. Long, Day 1, 2007.
bullet "Mary and Martha," Shawna R.B. Atteberry, Freelance Writer, 2007.
bullet "Mary and Martha or Martha and Mary," Pastor Edward F. Markquart, Grace Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington.
bullet "Serving or Sitting?" 18 July 2004, Luke Bouman, Goettinger Predigten: Every Sunday Sermons based on the RCL by a team of Lutheran theologians/ pastors.
bullet "Only One Thing," the Rev. Dr. Ted Wardlaw, Day 1, 1997.
bullet "On Choosing the Best Serving at the Meal," L. Gregory Bloomquist, Saint Paul University, Ottawa.
bullet "Mi Casa, Su Casa," Dianne Bergant, CSA, America: The National Catholic Weekly, 2004.
bullet "Sisterhood Is Powerful?" John R Donahue, SJ, America: The National Catholic Weekly, 2001.
bullet "The Tyranny of the Urgent," John Jewell, 2001.
bullet "The Platinum Rule," Dr. John Claypool, 30 Good Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1993.
bullet "Our Ultimate Concern," (Luke 10:38-42), Paul Tillich. From The New Being (1955), at Religion OnLine.
bulletFather Andrew M. Greeley, "Priest, Author, Sociologist," Commentary and Homily
bullet Ordinary 16, 2007
bullet Ordinary 16, 2004
bullet Ordinary 16, 2003
bulletWith Children:
bullet "Mary, Martha and Lazarus," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
bullet "Mary and Martha," Fr. Max Bowers, Kid's Church.
bullet "Martha, Martha," Jim Kerlin, childrensermons.com.
bullet "The Most Important Thing," children's sermon, coloring page. Charles Kirkpatrick, Sermons 4 Kids.
bullet "A Special Dinner Guest," Linda Edwards, The Children's Chapel.
bullet "Bobbie's Birthday," children's story by Larry Broding, word-sunday.com.
bullet "Jesus Visits Mary and Martha," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
bulletDrama:
bullet "Bethany's Pub," from A Certain Jesus by Jose Ignacio and Maria Lopez Vigil. Ideal for catechetical and liturgical dramatization of today's gospel. Claretian Publications.
bullet "Late for My Funeral," Joanne Miller, dramatix.
bullet "M&M's Bed & Breakfast," Glenn A. Hascall, dramatix.
bulletGraphics & Bulletin Materials:
bullet Clip Art, Luke 10:41, Luke 10:42, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
bulletClip Art Images: Luke 10:25-37, Luke 10:25-37, Misioneros Del Sagrado Corazón en el Perú.
bullet Luke 10:38-42 at Cerezo Barredo's weekly gospel illustration. Liberation emphasis.
bullet Luke 10:38-42, Liturgical Drawing, Maria d.c. Zamora, Claretian Resources, Philippines. ("Download and use these for free.")
bulletHymns and Music:
bullet Contemporary/Praise Song suggestions, Together to Celebrate, David MacGregor.
bullet Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Luke 10:39, 42. The Cyber Hymnal.
bullet Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
bulletAt Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
bullet Trust and Obey
bulletFine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
bullet Martha and Mary
bulletMovies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
bulletStudy Links and Resources for the Book of Luke
bullet Find Worship Resources & Suggested Other Readings for use with this text:
bullet Proper 11C/Ordinary 16C