The Good Part of Mary - Elizabeth Kelly

Elizabeth (Liz) Kelly, is a Twin Cities based spiritual director, retreat leader, national speaker, a parish presenter, a prolific writer (with over a dozen award winning Catholic published books) and now a community leader for women’s formation at Bishop Barron’s “Word on Fire.” For 15 years, Liz served as managing editor of Logos: A Journal of Catholic Thought and Culture at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN while she taught in the Catholic Studies program. Learn more of Liz’s work at https://www.lizk.org. 

 In this episode Liz reacts to Newman’s sermon, “The Good Part of Mary.” Here Newman helps us see that most of us are not either Martha (active) or Mary (prayerful) but rather both women wrapped up into one. Liz points out that being busy like Martha is not the problem, rather being "busy in the wrong way.” This “busyness” comes in seasons of our lives when we can literally suffocate the Mary in us. Newman wonders that if we're honest with ourselves and with God, are we really putting God first or have our lives become ordered toward money, achievement, notoriety, etc?  Our aim must be to live out our vocation in Christ who makes us more of what we are created to be – Martha and Mary wrapped into one.   

To approach Newman's majestic thought it is highly recommended to download the formatted sermon at www.newmanontap.com. Comments and suggestions are appreciated on the same site.