I think I have never heard a sermon preached on the story
of Mary and Martha that did not attempt, somehow, somewhere, to
explain away its text. Mary's, of course, was the better part
-- the Lord said so, and we must not precisely contradict Him.
But we will be careful not to despise Martha. No doubt, He
approved of her, too. We could not get on without her, and
indeed, having paid lip-service to God's opinion, we must admit
that we greatly prefer her, for Martha was doing a really
feminine job, whereas Mary was just behaving like any other
disciple; and that is a hard pill to swallow.
Dorothy L. Sayers, Unpopular Opinions [1946]
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