COMMENTARY: When I run to adoration, I’m like Martha in my zeal and desire to be with Jesus. While sitting before Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament, I’m like Mary by choosing the better part … Mosaic ...

"Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.

The Rev. Michael Heath, of Fayetteville, is a licensed mental health counselor and a United Church of Christ minister. Holiday gatherings can be difficult. The biblical story of Mary and Martha (Luke ...

That was the question I put to a group of Mothers’ Union members at a recent retreat I was leading for them.