"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, pg
24
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