"Speak for your servant is listening."
I Samuel 3:10b
"Above all, we must get to church early
in order to 'tidy up' inwardly.
We must have no illusions about our condition when
we enter the church; we must frankly face our
restlessness, confusion, disorder. To be exact,
we do not yet really exist as persons - at least not as
persons God can address, expecting a fitting response.
We are bundles of feelings, fancies, thoughts,
and plans all at cross-purposes with each other.
The first thing to do, then, is to quiet and
collect ourselves. We must be able to say honestly:
Now I am here. I have only one thing to do - participate
with my whole being in the only thing that counts,
the sacred celebration. I am entirely ready."
Romano Guardini
Preparing Yourself for Mass
(A Must Read! Make it your September book!)
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