So I went to church today and boy did I pick a mass to go to. It was my daughter’s May Crowning. Something that St. Hedwig still does. It’s a nice ceremony, a little long especially since we brought baby squishy. So, as mass is going along the first reading I think by Peter is being read by a lady that apparently wanted us to be gripped by EVERY word. OH MY GOD! 12 sentences took about 3 minutes to read. I’m pretty sure Peter put in comma’s and period’s where he wanted the pauses. But what do I know. It must be the highlight of this lady’s week to get up there and be that close to God.
After the first reading as Catholics and I think most religions you get to sing. Usually they find some nice uplifting Psalm to sing too and the refrain is always pleasant and very catholicky. Today’s was a beaute and so timely I had to write it down before I forgot it:
“The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone”
I beg you to read that over and over again and not laugh. Here we are in church canting on about rejected stones and I can bet you that half of the blue hairs in the front rows find no irony in that.
Then the 2nd reading comes and Mrs. Pausealot is on her game and stretches 5 sentences into the most profound words of Christ ever written by Paul or some schlep.
Then Father Andrew does his reading and get’s down in dirty for the Homily. The church is pretty fool errr full and Fr. Andrew never misses a beat with a full church to either ask for money or beg for more priests. Today was no disappointment. But, Father made sure to let us know that in 1969 there were 49,000 seminaries and today less than 4,700. There used to be 5000 seminary schools and now there is like 400. Bishop Salterelli last year buried more priests than he annointed (or whatever the term is). Less churches have priests now than ever. Less people go to church.
Please, become priests?!!!! He was begging these poor children. I asked my daughter if she listened to father today? “I stopped listening after he told us to become priests” Prescient words.
But father wasn’t done. After father ranted about the decline of Priests he went on to lament about how a majority of people voted for the President that supports abortion. It was TEH AWESOME! Father then went on to talk about society and how they are more accepting of abortion, euthenasia and homosexuality. One big note I made is that he never mentioned the WARS going on. You see, Father Never rallied against the war. He must have missed that one big reason people voted for Obama.
So, as I recall the Psalm from today; “The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone”
I can’t help but wonder who is rejecting who.