Pray Dreaming

One of the hardest aspects of developing a deeper prayer life is controlling the tendency of one’s wandering thoughts.  It is very similar to day dreaming.  Your mind begins to think about other things, as you are trying to grow deeper in prayer.  It can be a serious distraction in concentration, and meditation. 

So, I attended Mass last Honesty Sunday.  Father Vinnie Boom-batz finished the readings, and began to address the congregation in his homily.  

“We, the Church, have failed you from the pulpit!  Rather than giving you pop-culture antidotes on the latest crises du jour, we should have been giving you truth, and sticking to the scriptures.  We should have warned you not to trust the government, but instead we form our weekly messages around their agenda.

• The Pentagon spends billions of dollars to create propaganda films to sell an agenda, and we priests have been wrong for giving these messages credibility by including them in our homilies.  Our government cannot be trusted.  
• There were no weapons of Mass Destruction, yet we invaded Iraq, resulting in anarchy, the deaths of hundreds of thousands, and the destruction of a culture.  We have yet to give a homily discussing the evil that sprouts when we blindly believe and act on lies that our government spreads.
• 9-11 was unbelievable, especially in light of the glaring inconsistencies such as Building 7, but the Church has been silent.  God gave us common sense and a mission to speak the Truth, who is not  just a something, but a someone, “Christ”  We have failed.
• We should have been warning families not to encourage their sons and daughters to put their lives at risk for our corporate empire?”  Instead we sing patriotic songs in church, and clap for veterans, on the 4th of July and Memorial Day.”

“We should also have warned you to not trust us, the Church either, especially when we speak from a defensive position.  When our Church needs to consult attorneys rather than the Word of God, before making statements, be on guard.  When I, or any other priest, give a homily based on this week’s headline news, ignore the message.”  

“Our news media, our government, and our Church, cannot be trusted.  To preach on events or statements promoted by these, only scandalizes the Word.  Trust only in Jesus Christ.”

Then, I woke up.