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One Thing is Necessary: Contemplation in the Heart of Busyness

One Thing is Necessary: Contemplation in the Heart of Busyness

Update: 2025-07-20
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In this moving homily on the story of Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38 –42), Fr. Michael shares insights from a recent retreat with his fellow brothers, led by the general superior of the Community of St John. With pastoral warmth and deep spiritual clarity, he explores the essence of contemplation — that still, silent gaze of love that renews the soul. Drawing on Scripture, Church history, and personal experience, Fr. Michael shows how returning to the “one thing necessary” not only strengthens us but renews the Church and heals relationships. A call to sit once more at the feet of Jesus.
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One Thing is Necessary: Contemplation in the Heart of Busyness

One Thing is Necessary: Contemplation in the Heart of Busyness

Fr Michael Therese Scheerger