meet St. Martha. patron saint of housewives! how cool is that? i am psyched to have my own saint. granted, i think religion is mostly a bunch of oogga boogga, but i might be wrong, so i like to cover all my bases.
here's what i've learned so far:
"We know that she busied herself preparing a meal for Jesus and his disciples, then went to Jesus to complain that Mary did nothing while she had to do all the housework. It was at that time Jesus reminder her that Mary had chosen "the best part"."
now, if you ask me this is a bunch of bullshit. mary was just being lazy and jesus should have seen that. mary just didn't feel like making the fishes and the loaves and the what-have-you's. trust me, there are days i don't like feel like making the loaves too, but i do it. i do it because it's my job. hello?! moving on...
"The cult of St. Martha began about the year 1200. Where or how she died we do not know. Whether hers was a matyr's death or a natural one we do not know."
i'm thinking she worked herself to death. just because that lazy shiftless (yeah, i said shiftless. she was without shift) mary couldn't be bothered to lift one little finger, our girl martha died. what a shame.
many thanks to the Pallottine Fathers of sarasota, fl for the info. fyi, they do a mass in english, spanish and vietnamese. if you're into that sort of thing.
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