I love going to Mass.
That why it's pained me so much that I've basically stopped going to Daily Mass because of my inability to corral my two (now 3) perfect little Angels.
That's why I'm so excited about our church's new building project. (that's correct: in the 6+ years Amanda and I have been married and the 3 parishes that we've attended in the 3 states that we have lived in we have had 3 different building projects. Want a new church? Just move us in.)
But this new church building is going to have a cry room. This gives me hope. Hope not to walk in and plant myself in the cry room. But hope that I can start coming back to Daily Mass and if the kids get a little too loud I've got a place I can retreat to and still be present at Mass.
I bring this up because often I find myself sitting on Sundays listening to the readings and being inspired by the Word of God... I know right, who would of thought that the Word of GOD could be inspiring! Or at least who would of thought it would inspire ME? Well I do, and many times I find that the things that arise in my heart are confirmed in the homily. So I thought I would share some of these little inspirations with you.
I feel blessed that I can sit at Mass, with Bob asking me every five minutes where in the lectionary we are, Mary lying on the pew scrunching her dress up as far over her head as she can, and Will trying to dive out of Amanda's arms into my hands whenever I am within an inch of his reach, to be able to take anything from the readings or any other part of the Mass at all.
How often do you find yourself distracted at Mass? Wait, what? Are we saying the Our Father now? Shouldn't we be at the Responsorial Psalm?
So Jim? How do you do it? You must be a mystic, right?
Well, yes but that's another blog. ;)
The answer honestly is found in the first reading from last week's Mass.
That why it's pained me so much that I've basically stopped going to Daily Mass because of my inability to corral my two (now 3) perfect little Angels.
That's why I'm so excited about our church's new building project. (that's correct: in the 6+ years Amanda and I have been married and the 3 parishes that we've attended in the 3 states that we have lived in we have had 3 different building projects. Want a new church? Just move us in.)
But this new church building is going to have a cry room. This gives me hope. Hope not to walk in and plant myself in the cry room. But hope that I can start coming back to Daily Mass and if the kids get a little too loud I've got a place I can retreat to and still be present at Mass.
I bring this up because often I find myself sitting on Sundays listening to the readings and being inspired by the Word of God... I know right, who would of thought that the Word of GOD could be inspiring! Or at least who would of thought it would inspire ME? Well I do, and many times I find that the things that arise in my heart are confirmed in the homily. So I thought I would share some of these little inspirations with you.
I feel blessed that I can sit at Mass, with Bob asking me every five minutes where in the lectionary we are, Mary lying on the pew scrunching her dress up as far over her head as she can, and Will trying to dive out of Amanda's arms into my hands whenever I am within an inch of his reach, to be able to take anything from the readings or any other part of the Mass at all.
How often do you find yourself distracted at Mass? Wait, what? Are we saying the Our Father now? Shouldn't we be at the Responsorial Psalm?
So Jim? How do you do it? You must be a mystic, right?
Well, yes but that's another blog. ;)
The answer honestly is found in the first reading from last week's Mass.
"Did anything ever so great ever happen before? Was it ever heard of?" -Deuteronomy Chapter 4.
Moses is speaking here of all the miraculous things that God has done for them since He called them from Egypt. And if you think about it He did do some amazing things. Plagues and splitting of rivers aside this ushered in an unprecedented time for the Jewish people. God was PRESENT to them. He spoke to Moses in the burning bush. He led the people in the form of a cloud out of Egypt, and He provided for them over and over again while they were in the desert in the form of water, quail, and most importantly- manna.
Why is this important? How does this relate to us?
It's all in the manna. Or to quote Jerry Maguire: SHOW ME THE MANNA!
Manna is the precursor, or the foreshadowing, of the Eucharist.
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