ONCE
WHEN I WAS
LEADING A SPIRITUAL EXERCISE
DURING A DISCUSSION PERIOD
ONE WOMAN SAID
I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO A MOUNTAIN TOP
DESERT ISLAND
MONASTERY
AND DISCOVER MYSELF
A WORKING MOTHER SAID
I’M JUST HAPPY
FOR THIS WEEKEND
MARY AND MARTHA
ARCHETYPES
NEITHER QUITE UNDERSTANDING THE OTHER
SOMETIMES TO THE POINT OF IRRITATION
I REMEMBER MY MOTHER SAYING TO ME
GET YOUR NOSE OUT OF BOOK
GO OUT AND PLAY
DO SOMETHING
REALLY SHE SAID
IN HER NEWFOUNDLAND BROGUE
GO OUT AND BLOW THE STINK OFF YOU
BUSY MOTHER
APPARENTLY IDLE CHILD
MARY MARTHA
THINKER AND DOER
GOD GIVEN TRAITS
WE DO WELL TO HONOR
JESUS
ON HIS WAY TO JERUSALEM
TO CONFRONTATION
NEEDED A MOMENT OF QUIET
MARY WAS GIVING HIM THAT
MARTHA THE ORGANIZER
WANTED TO GIVE HIM THE ROYAL TREATMENT
BUSY IN THE KITCHEN
ARRANGING SLEEPING QUARTERS
TIDYING
BUSY
MARY HAS CHOSEN THE BETTER PART
SHE SATISFIES MY NOW NEEDS
MARTHA
YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU
AND HONOR YOUR WORK
I WILL NEED YOU EVEN MORE IN THE FUTURE
BUT FOR NOW THE QUIET OF THE TOMB AWAITS ME
AND I WOULD BE QUIET
FRANK A VOLLMER
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