Wednesday is now the memorial for Sts. Lazarus, Mary, and Martha, but until recently it was just St. Martha. Here's her information from my saints document:
Dates: July 29; died c.80
Place: Israel
Importance: sister of Lazarus (raised from the dead), symbol of the active life
Food/Symbol: kiddie crescents, keys or a ship. Broom, ladle
Patron: cooks
Quotes: Lk. 10:41-42, Jn. 11:17-27
“Martha and Mary were sisters, related not only by blood but also by religious aspirations. They stayed close to our Lord and both served him harmoniously when he was among them. Martha welcomed him as travelers are welcomed. But in her case, the maidservant received her Lord, the creature her Creator, to serve him bodily food while she was to be fed by the Spirit.
“No one of you should say, ‘Blessed are they who have deserved to receive Christ into their homes!’ Do not grieve or complain that you were born in a time when you can no longer see God in the flesh. He did not in fact take this privilege from you. As he says, ‘Whatever you have done to the least of my brothers, you did to me.’ --- from a sermon by Saint Augustine
(St. Martha from the Isabella Breviary 1497, found at https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=79)
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