Aging: Moving from Martha to Mary

Aging is the steady loss of energy, stamina, and strength: the inexorable decline, over time, of the "Martha capacity"...the ability to do, to accomplish, to achieve, and to serve. With God's grace, however, we can become more like Mary: receptive, appreciative, contemplative, prayerful, and loving. It seems that we need to accept weakness, fatigue, forgetfulness, and incompetence...not as failings or curses...but as opportunities to relax, trust, surrender, and love. Mary and Martha, dear friends of our Lord, pray for us!