Of what use is Adoration?
To the modern mind, Adoration does not seem particularly useful, unless it is understood as some form of mindfulness. It comes as no surprise that the world might value the charitable deeds of missionaries, such as St Teresa of Calcutta, but not put much stock in Carthusian monks praying and contemplating.
Cloistered monks seem to be doing nothing useful, whereas Mother Teresa clearly did many useful and good things. Many in the Church might agree. In the choice between Martha and Mary – between Martha who was busy serving, and Mary who sat at Christ’s feet – we are tempted to side with Martha, and puzzled by Jesus’s endorsement of Mary.
