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Who likes doing the housework?

Who likes doing the housework when everyone else is just sitting around doing nothing and not helping?

It’s really annoying, isn’t it? After all, someone has to do the housework. Even more annoying when no-one else offers to help!

Today’s gospel is about two people – one who was busy getting things done and another who just sat around and did nothing – Martha and Mary!

Where would we be without the Marthas of this world – without those people who are always active, making sure the work gets done, so that life can go on? And yet – if today’s gospel reading is to be taken seriously – it appears that Jesus seems to prefer people to just sit, listen, and set the work aside.

I know that this gospel sometimes irritates busy people who feel that they have no time, that Jesus is being unreasonable, but before I try and deal with that question, let us consider the messages of today’s reading. For in fact, there are two.

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