Overdoing It

Today's Memorial of St. Martha calls our attention again to Martha, sister of Mary and Lazarus...Most of us might easily identify with Martha, as we struggle with overloaded schedules, commitments, e-mail, phone and text messages, in addition to our every day tasks.  Perhaps we'd prefer to sit at the feet of Jesus as Mary did and just listen in wonder and semi-rapture at the beauty and inspiration of his words. How do we carry out our necessary duties as well as pay attention to the more necessary "duty" of giving Jesus a priority in our lives? While our hands are busy we might offer a simple, prayerful thought:  Jesus, I'm going this for you...Help me to do it with love. Or, since we all breathe, we might take a couple of deep breaths praying, Jesus, I love you. Speak; your servant is listening.  Or simply using a form of the Jesus prayer,  Jesus, I love you, have mercy on me.  Or even more simply, saying the name of Jesus.  Somehow putting ourselves in the presence of Jesus, we can satisfy the Martha and Mary in all of us.
Bro Rene