"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!)
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