In truth, Jesus is not demanding us to abandon all the work in our daily life, and only wants us to be like Mary, sitting by His feet, listening with an attentive heart. The problem lies in the "many things".
Therefore, we need to pay attention to whether we are preoccupied with our "many things". What are these "many things" for us?
Chaos sets in when we are troubled by "things", thus our emotions become easily disturbed, leading to huge ups and downs in our hearts and minds. If we allow ourselves to be troubled by "things" like a boat in the sea, the more troubled we are, the bigger the waves. When we anchor ourselves to Christ, we will be like a boat securely anchored.
Contrarily, when we allow ourselves to be distracted by many unnecessary things, our heart will sway; aimlessly going off-course and following the currents.
Reflection
Do you feel troubled by the "many things"? Do they cause huge emotional ups and downs, and even affect your relationships with others?
During this Lent, what are the unnecessary things or "many things" that the Lord is inviting you to lay down?
TODAY'S PRAYER
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

感謝主
主耶穌,請教我知道祢的心意,放下其他不必要的「許多事」,在祢身上找到倚靠及平安!
主耶穌,我感謝祢愛我,讓我知道我的軟弱不需靠自己,而是加倍渴慕祢信賴祢。
我是為了這「許多事」而導致自己的情緒有很大的起伏,甚至影響與其他人的關係!求主耶蘇赦免我的罪。亞孟。
「我們是不是為了許多事而操心呢?」我是,而且是為一些不重要、不需要的瑣碎事情操心忙碌,以至疏遠了耶穌。
其實我心裏很明白自己在虛度光陰,一直想改,但是屢屢拖延、懶懶散散、磋跎行動⋯一直讓耶穌在等待、在為我憂心。
這次的四旬期避靜,給我一個當頭棒喝,打醒在迷糊中的我。我要拋開所有繁雜瑣事,睜開眼晴只注視耶穌,我要坐在耶穌腳前聽祂說話。。
主耶穌,我要緊緊追隨祢!
主
明白祢常為我的操心忙碌而擔心。正如注滿了水的杯,又如何再去盛載更多的水。請教我把與祢相聚、傾談和建立關係放於首位,因為深信祢時刻在我身旁,在祢處,我將會獲得更多力量和恩寵往前行。亞孟。
🙏🙏主 我感謝祢 我知道祢擔心我 因為我為咗好多世俗的事而忙碌 幾乎把祢都忘記 因為我用自己嘅方法去解決一切 主 今日我醒覺到 唔可以咁做 心裏面沒有主為王 是唔可以的 心裏何來平安喜樂 天主子請祢快來救我 🙏🙏🙏
真是最好的提醒!
疫情下,我們都為工作和家庭的許多事,操心勞碌,被這許多事所窒息,透不過氣來。壓力爆煲。
主,你的話,就安慰了我。
願大家都能盡量放下不必要的事,專注和主相處。找到更好的那一份~愛!
是啊!我常為許多事粗心忙碌,以致心裡煩亂,欠缺平安,多謝耶穌向我說話,提醒我!
我每天都為了一些不必的事情忙碌而忽略了與耶穌談話,直到睡前祈禱才醒覺到一天的時間沒有留小小時間給祂。
祈求天主給我恩寵,作明智的選擇,把不必要的事放下,常常記得耶穌分分秒秒都在我身邊等待著我與祂傾談。
主與我們同在
喜樂與平安常伴着我們!
感謝讚美主亜孟。
聖神,请時常提醒我別讓為「許多事亅填得自己滿滿的,而令我忘記在主耶穌身邊的平安!
許多事,原來就是我只留在憂慮, 擔心,孤獨… 佔了我的內心時間太多, 今日, 主耶穌提醒我, 當這些情緒出來時, 要先找主, 因為主一直在我心內, 感謝主
Lord, thank you for your reminder. Please help me minimize the “more matters” in my life. Help me only focus on you, nothing is more important than with you. Please forgive me for my greed.
多謝主你給我忠告。求你只尋求你, 而別使我因為種種操心反而忽略了你。
主,多謝袮再一次提醒我,放下執著,不要為無謂的事而煩惱,信賴袮,我就重獲內心的平安!
My concern on my family and friends have always been transformed to worries on their well-being . Sometimes I have forgotten Who should be on control and that I should not play God. The ups and down for the past two years not only affect my relationship with those around me, but with God. Thank you my Lord that I have come to see what’s most important in my life! Give me strength and wisdom to avoid the ‘distractions’ that drive me away from You!
「你們不要為明天憂慮,因為明天有明天的憂慮:一天的苦足夠一天受的了。」(瑪6:34)
瑪爾大的操心忙碌,或許正是我們每個人每天所掛慮的。在這疫情下,不少家庭憂心煩亂,購買足夠物資應付被隔離;儲備強檢包進行檢測;子女停課的生活處理……等等,都成了今天操心忙碌的原因。
然而,耶穌向瑪爾大的回應,正好給了我們一個提醒,就是無論怎樣忙碌,尋找生命的正確方向,才是天主想我們認清的,祂不希望我們成為工作的奴隸,而是活於祂的生命。「工作為人,而不是人為工作」(《人的工作》通諭#6)正好道出人在工作中的真正意義。
藉此四旬期的反省-
我在日常生活中不斷重複的忙、忘和茫;經常為生活而擔憂未來,沒有安全感。
主,求祢寬恕我這小信德的人,求祢改變我!塑造我成為袮喜愛的工具。
我同意各參与兄弟姊妹的見解,有同感及很想变,太多事要做,不能分配時間,不想做不好,又想不憂心,能力所及嗎,?有同路人嗎?互相幫助嗎?
平安和喜樂是我想保持的,耶穌說得好,要放開煩燥之事,不能負擔的,便要放鬆
Dear Jesus, often i am like Martha busy with my daily volunteer work. In this Lentern season, Jesus, please teach me to spend more time in quiet meditations and adoration and listen to Your Words in the Scriptures.
敬愛的主耶穌,我終於明白,做人不得用太忙做藉口,應該抽出時間聽聖言的。🙏🙏🙏