Another Sunday has rolled around and we have been blessed in that we are able to worship according to our Faith and share the blessing of this gift of a day with everyone else. I guess it is watching the years line up that makes me stop and appreciate the value of each moment on earth just a bit more.
Father's sermon this morning was interesting and made me stop to think. He said that we all strive to get closer to God and we have to remember that when we find ourselves closer to His graces to not use this 'power' to demean others for not being 'as good' as we currently think we've found ourselves. Kind of knocks your spirituality right out of the park, doesn't it? He said, if I remembering it correctly, that we should be thankful for the advances we make in our own spiritual lives but not judge others based on our human perceptions. He said that a lot of the time, the more one gets into the zeal of their Faith, they often tend to try and get others to see it their way rather than acknowledging that each person is entitled to find God in the paths set for them by God.
I used to attend a much more orthodox parish and never quite matched up to what others thought I should be and was often self-conscious about whether I was doing something right or not, praying enough Novenas, wearing the right length dress, etc. I found myself attending Mass and worrying about the outside things rather than dwelling on the spiritual and letting God work in me. It was a rough time but it has made me more aware of just leaving people alone even when they might take the rubrics along unheard of paths during Mass, etc. I keep my nose in my prayerbook and refrain from looking around and making judgments. Okay, I'm definitely a work in progress but I've to the realization that I have to try.
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