Today's Mass Readings
⚱️Be still and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations, exalted upon the earth. The Lord of hosts is with us; our stronghold is the God of Jacob.
Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, "Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me." The Lord said in reply, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her."
Two sisters, both loving Jesus. Martha is not wrong to serve — service is essential. But her serving has become anxious, comparison-driven, resentful. The "one thing necessary" is not inactivity; it is the still centre at the heart of every action. Without it, even good work becomes a complaint.
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