Mary and Martha are Biblical Favorites ... says that Martha's profession of faith is an underappreciated moment in the Bible. "It's a bold proclamation, and she made it before many of the men ...

Tell her to help me." The Bible does not specify the birth order of siblings Martha, Mary and Lazarus, but I just feel in my bones that Martha was the oldest sister. (It takes one to know one.) ...

Sometimes you see Mary’s name changed to Martha’s; sometimes you see Martha’s name awkwardly added in the margin. Sometimes you see Mary doing things that your Bible would say that Martha does. Why ...

Martha was born on February 24, 1930. She was perfectly named Mary Martha because, like the bible story of sisters Mary and Martha, she was devoted to her faith and a consummate hostess and caretaker.

Over the centuries, the story of Jesus in the house of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) was often misinterpreted as exalting the life of spiritual contemplation and minimizing a life of action.

Mary and Martha are sisters, siblings of Lazarus ... In Spain, they usually combined that kind of still life kitchen scene with the Bible. On the left, we have two women in a kitchen.

A Week of Bible Journaling with St. Mary of Bethany St. Mary of Bethany shares July 29 as a feast with her sister Martha, and brother Lazarus. St. Mary of Bethany’s desire to let all chores wait ...

Too often this passage, in which Martha complains about Mary not helping with the diakonia (work or ministry, by the way, not cooking, as it is often portrayed), has led to the denigration of the ...