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.) Today’s Gospel reading is a ...

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 ...

July 29 is the feast day of Sts. Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. It’s a relatively new feast day, having been implemented fewer than three years ago. You may remember these siblings — especially since they ...

The memorial of St. Martha was already included on Jan. 29 in the General Roman Calendar before the Second Vatican Council, but St. Lazarus and St. Mary had been originally left off due to uncertainty ...

Recognizing their welcome of and witness to Christ, Pope Francis has approved changing the liturgical feast of St. Martha to include her sister and brother, Mary and Lazarus, on the church's universal ...

Pope Francis leads the Angelus from the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican Jan. 31, 2021. During his Sunday Angelus, the pope announced the establishment of a World Day of Grandparents and ...

In this brief and engaging work on Jesus' interactions with Mary and Martha of Bethany, Olson shows her chops as a professor of biblical studies (she teaches at Brigham Young University), paying very ...

Pope Francis on Tuesday added the memorial of Sts. Mary, Martha, and Lazarus to the General Roman Calendar, giving the siblings the combined feast day of July 29. A decree from the Congregation for ...

Mary Magdalene is pictured in a stained-glass window in the Church of St. Waudru in Mons, Belgium. In a decree published Feb. 2, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the ...