Wednesday, March 23 : Meister Eckhart

Mary first had to become a Martha before she could become a real Mary. Because so long as she remained at our Lord’s feet she was not yet so: in name she was, but not as yet in its spiritual actuality. Some people stretch things so far that they would like to free themselves from all work. But I say this is useless! It wasn’t until they had received the Holy Spirit that the disciples began to believe anything concretely. Mary too, so long as she was sitting at our Lord’s feet, was still learning; she had only just begun to learn; she was learning how to live. But afterwards, when Christ had ascended into heaven and she had received the Holy Spirit, only then did she begin to serve. She crossed the sea, preached and taught and became a fellow worker with the apostles. From the first moment of God’s becoming man, both man and God, Christ also began to work for our blessedness even to the end when he died on the cross. There was not a member of his body that did not take part in this great work.

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