So, it would be odd to have a second liturgical day dedicated to the Mary, Martha, and Lazarus, since Mary would be appearing on the calendar twice.Īs a result, Martha alone had a day on the liturgical calendar-July 29-though in the current Roman Martyrology (the Latin Church’s official list of saints and martyrs) also lists Mary and Lazarus on that day. What’s more, it’s a feast, which outranks a memorial. Mary Magdalene is mentioned in all four Gospels as one of the witnesses of Jesus’ resurrection, and her liturgical day is July 22. The reason this would cause a problem for giving the Bethany family a common slot on the calendar is that Mary Magdalene already had one. In the Latin Catholic Church, there has historically been a question of whether these three figures are actually one person, with various authors holding that they were. And the woman whose sins Jesus forgave (Luke 7:36-50).The traditional uncertainty of the Latin Church about the identity of Mary-the Magdalene to whom Christ appeared after his resurrection, the sister of Martha, the sinner whose sins the Lord had forgiven-which resulted in the inclusion of Martha alone on 29 July in the Roman Calendar, has been resolved in recent studies and times, as attested by the current Roman Martyrology, which also commemorates Mary and Lazarus on that day. The decree announcing the new memorial indicates that the reason the Bethany family didn’t have a common spot on the calendar up to now was due to uncertainty about how three biblical women should be identified: Given the prominence of the Bethany family in the Gospels-they are mentioned as friends of Jesus in both Luke and John-it may come as a bit of a surprise that they didn’t already have a place on the calendar.
The General Roman Calendar is the international liturgical calendar used in the Latin Church, and it is the basis of the particular calendars used in different countries.Ī memorial is a liturgical commemoration ranking below a solemnity and a feast but above an optional memorial. Recently, Pope Francis added a memorial for the Bethany family-Martha, Mary, and Lazarus-to the General Roman Calendar.
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