“You, O man, are without excuse.”
Every Wednesday we have adoration at my parish all day long, so I won’t be online much - although I want to fill the calendar in my sidebar and I’ll do a short post about nothing…
A very nice man commented on another post and told me I write a lot of rubbish. I appreciate that and must say I agree with him. Vanity of vanities - that pretty much sums up weblogs - or maybe just mine.
Mush for brains.
This morning at Mass, I had to battle thoughts about others… I often have to do that. I think it is normal. All of us make snap judgements about others - although in my case, because I live this virtual-cyber-life, which means I spend many hours alone, I tend to assess most people from a rather insulated paradigm.
For instance, every day at Mass there are a few people who continue to stand throughout the Eucharistic prayer, when the rest of the congregation kneels. So I try not to think about them and do my best to mind my own business. Nevertheless, one older couple in particular impressed me as being rather arrogant about it and I supposed they were progressive modernists. Okay - so I stop myself right there - I say to myself, “Who cares? Mind your own business.”
Getting down - to earth.
When Mass was over, Father comes to get me and insists I go downstairs with him for donuts and coffee - see, I never do stuff like that. I went down with him and sat at one of the tables where this couple I didn’t like were sitting. They turned out to be so friendly and nice to me, engaging me in a wonderful conversation. They were the complete opposite from what my negative little mind was telling me. Just like Father, who often doesn’t genuflect because of knee troubles, they too have really bad knees and can’t kneel - I should add that they are in their late 80’s.
Afterwards, I went back upstairs for adoration and laughed to the Lord, thanking him for showing me what rubbish my judgements of others can be. And when I got home, I found that wonderful comment - “what a lot of rubbish you write!” How true, how true!
“You, O man, are without excuse, every one of you who passes judgement. For the standard by which you judge another you condemn yourself, since you, the judge, do the very same things.” - First reading at Mass; Romans 2
