Mary sat at Jesus’s feet and listened to Him teach.  Martha hurried around the kitchen preparing a meal.  I want to be both at once!  The tension between when to be quiet and prayerful and when to bustle around and do many things is difficult for me.  I want to do it all!

In general, in my life, being conscious is of the utmost importance to me. You can read that as “conscious” = awake and functioning or “conscious” = thoughtful, and both will equally apply!

With all the worrying we could be doing about what we feed our families and even what we store that silly food in…how do we have time for prayer? 

The reading for Mass this morning was Mark 9:30-37.  Jesus told His disciples, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

Even though I won’t be going back to school this year (I’m a teacher in my former life, but I haven’t been since the year prior to last school year)

Ask not what you can take out of your food, but what your food can put into you.