Are You Willing To Be God's Object Lesson?
I keep thinking about this, so I may as well write it and share it, maybe it will help somebody else.Yesterday at Mass, I was "caught" by the reading of the Gospel where Jesus picks up a little child and, basically, uses the child for an object lesson..............(paraphrased from memory) "If you receive one of these....". While standing there, immediately the image of myself being put in the midst of all these churchy folks.....complete with my reddened/blistered nose. Yes, I had/have a few pimples that are wreaking havoc underneath a sunburn.........bright red while my cheeks are relatively pale.....out front where EVERYbody can see it.Nobody said anything at Mass, thank goodness, but, one lady just had to point it out to me before Mass. Now, in all fairness she was trying to be motherly, something I've been guilty of.......ending her talk by telling me I could put a hot wet washrag on it to burst the whitehead..........So, there I am standing for the Gospel, with this image of me being God's object lesson: "Look at this Child of mine, bicycling her way to Mass, not hiding even with her big red nose!!" (Great, NOW I'm God's Rudolph!!! Haven't flown yet, gee whiz, ya'd think I'd get SOME compensation!!)Anybody going to join me out there being one of God's object lessons??? Maybe we could start a club or something. Oh wait, I forgot......THAT'S supposed to be CHURCH!!!!Red Nose Blinking Over and Out****************************************For those of you who are worried that Vatican II priests/bishops are hiding during the current sickening power grab, here is a link to a letter posted on National Catholic Reporter from a priest to his bishop:http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/kansas-city-st-joseph-diocese-priest-criticizes-his-bishops-leadership
