Profession of Faith

Readings for Today's Homily

Do you ever get angry at God?  I think all of us at one point in our lifetime said, “Why did this happen?  Why didn’t this happen?”

Today we celebrate the Memorial of Martha; she was a strong woman, and she was a bit angry with Jesus.  Her brother had died, and she runs out to meet Jesus as He’s coming to visit her and says, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”  Jesus continues to talk to her and then says, “Do you believe that I am the resurrection and the life?”  Then she makes this profession of faith before the death and resurrection of the Lord, saying, “I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world.”  Only Peter makes the same declaration of faith before the events of the week that we call Holy.

Perhaps we can ask this great woman today to help us maybe deal with our frustration with God, but also make a profession of faith that we believe that Christ is the one who saves.