[Grem] Gospel meditation

[Emoke Greschik]

 Friends, today’s Gospel inspires protests more than almost any other that
I’ve preached on. “Hey Bishop, I think Martha gets a bum rap.” And for
centuries the story has been read that Martha represents the “active” life
and Mary the “contemplative” life. I would like to stress that the
active/contemplative reading of *the Martha and Mary story* is not that
helpful. We have to dig a little deeper.

*What does he upbraid Martha for? “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and
upset about many things.”* *It is the frantic, divided, unfocused quality* *of
her life that Jesus is drawing attention to. And what is Mary being praised
for?* Not precisely that she is “contemplative,” but* that she has chosen
the unum necessarium (the one necessary thing). She sits quietly at the
feet of the Lord, not so much eschewing work as gathering herself, learning
what she is essentially about. *

*There is a cacophony of voices calling out to you;* *there are a thousand
influences pulling you this way and that. What’s the one necessary thing?
It is to listen to the voice of Jesus as he tells you of his love and as he
tells you who you are. *

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