Taking Notes

I took paper and pencil to church hoping that God might tell me something; something important. I wanted to be prepared. I didn’t get anything worth writing down so I struggled through a few prayers and made a feeble attempt to say the rosary. I either said too many or not enough Hail Marys. I tried to concentrate on the mysteries but as I mused…my mind wandered and wondered. Why don’t they offer those cool prizes in the cereal boxes any more? When I was a kid you could send in like eight million box tops and get some cool prizes. Why is it so hard to stay on task? Why is it such an enormous effort? I didn’t really feel like getting up at 4 am this morning to come to adoration so am I wasting my time or do I get extra credit because I showed up? Maybe I just need to be still and listen to the silence. I need to stop all this flummery, stop taking notes, stop interrupting God and give in. Give in to God’s will. For this I pray.

Amen


6/20/2008