To trust in the power of a mental prayer
Said in faith and love is more than flat and bare.
To gather oneself in focus and with fixed stare,
Pray big and for peace in countries everywhere.
A mystery, this moving of mental substance,
Unheard to others yet flowing abundance;
Petition and praise; sins felt with reluctance.
Angels and saints and our Lord in the Monstrance
Have left a historical record of good,
Leaving no question about whether you should.
It’s well enough to know that God said you could;
Chosen to send prayer out if you only would.
Choose to set aside a fixed time and place,
Or take those times you’re prone to just stare in space,
Or run useless thoughts like you’re running a race,
And trust in the Lord and in His mighty grace.
Gary Edward Geraci
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A fine write Gary. Yes, it's more than little old ladies/men (or younger ones even) sitting in comfy pews, or playing 'let's go to church'. More than a Social Cub, though there is friendship, etc of course.
Btu the unforgivable sin if we sit in their pew by mistake! lol.
“Pew estate” yes, especially if they are parishioners of “means” (having donated a large portion of their wealth to the Church). They particularly become the target of the priestly petition to move toward the center of the pew during Christmas and Easter to make room for the CEOs (those that come to Mass just twice a year: Christmas and Easter Only) may the good Lord continue to work his conversion in all of us!
Oohh, I know - we have to get to church early at Christmas and Easter, or else we may never get in - there's a rush to get in, we know! Yes, it's that box we tick on Surveys 'What church do you go to? - the imaginary one that we never, or hardly, set foot in!'
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