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Continue reading →: Useless Prayer
A couple of weeks ago, the gospel reading was Luke’s telling of the Mary and Martha story. In that story Martha comes to Jesus and says, “… Tell her [Mary] to help me”. Two weeks later in the gospel reading, Luke 12:13-21, a person asks Jesus, “Teacher, tell my brother to…
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Continue reading →: Mary and Martha, it’s not about the meal.
It’s a familiar story, Luke’s story Mary and Martha. It has been told countless times to prioritize study/contemplation/prayer (you can pick your favorite) versus action. It’s a story that has been used to denigrate “women’s work”- the idea that Martha was concerned about was simply getting dinner on the table- while Mary valued…
