Hard Core

I was appointed adjunct usher at the Easter Vigil Mass so I sat in the back with the real ushers.  I had forgotten how distracting it could be when viewing the ceremony from the last pew…as my wife usually marches me down to the front.  Although the three hour Vigil Mass is attended mostly by the hard core Catholics, there apparently were a few who had been coerced or cajoled into being there. 

It reminded me of the times gone by when I was a less than enthusiastic participant.  The signs were obvious…a man blatantly chewing gum, a young girl who constantly twirled her long brown hair in her fingers only stopping to push the spaghetti strap back up onto her bare shoulder, the toddler crawling from one parent to another looking for attention.  

Thank you Lord for the reminders

I just need to tighten my little blinders

Focus on you is what I’ll do

I’ll just pray for the day

When every knee shall bow

Every tongue confess

That You are Lord and Master.

Amen.