Forward Day by Day 7/28/13
Read
the Bible
very carefully... we bring expec-tations
to a text without realizing it.
This passage has often been interpreted as setting the contemplative life of cloistered nuns on a higher level,
above the the ordinary life of women bustling in the world.
At the same time, however, the story shows Jesus challenging
the type of gender stereotypes that would restrict women to domestic work. Was Jesus rebuking Martha, or was he sending
a message to the other male disciples?
Robert Ellsberg from Blessed Among Us
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