July 29th

Saint Martha

Saint · Common of Holy Women · Bethany, near Jerusalem

The memorial of Saint Martha, who at Bethany near Jerusalem received the Lord Jesus into her house and, when her brother had died, professed:

You are the Christ, the Son of God, who has come into the world.

Latin Original

emória sanctae Marthae, quae Bethánize prope HierosólyIVI mam in domum suam Dóminum Iesum excépit et, fratre mórtuo, conféssa est: «’Tu es Christus Fílius Dei qui in mundum venísti ».