Fr Tony recounts the story of a nun who tells her superior, St Teresa of Avila, about a vision she was experiencing that made her want to stay the whole day in the chapel. “That’s nice,” St Teresa points out, “but you still have to peel the potatoes tonight.” As St Teresa understood, we are called to be both “Mary” and “Martha.” Listening and doing go together.
When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.
JON 3:1-10
“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.”
LK 10:38-42