Hey world,
It’s been a crazy week which has ended with me teaching english part time, a job which found me rather than me it!
So for all my critics who have given out that I wasn’t working…..suck it up!!
Anyway, that aside, this week has been fun. A young swedish guy came to crash on the sofa for a few days and as I was heading out to mass one evening he asked me if he could come along!
Of course I said yes. In a few minutes I explained to him the mystery of mass, namely the real presence of Jesus transformed from a piece of bread with the second miracle of a miserable corpse like priest!
So I told him not to expect too much love or joy from the people but simply to go for God!
Boy was my little prep talk accurate!
Communion time arrived and Luka went up. Perhaps he shouldn’t have however I have heard of many stories where people like Luka receive communion and experience something profound!
Jesus is not a solicitor and He understands that not everybody grows up catholic, something a lot of catholics seem to forget!
Now after receiving communion I went to my seat and closed my eyes to be with Jesus. What I didn’t know was that poor Luka had not eaten the host and was still holding it in his hand!
When the music which was animated by an overweight nun stopped and the priest walked from the altar to us I began to figure that something was up!
The priest looked at Luka like a raging bull might look at a matador waving a red flag!
The whole church went silent and inside I said to Jesus:
“They probably think that we are both satanists who came to steal a host”!
Poor Luka was mortified and quickly left the church after. The spirit of gossip was palpable. Like cows with four stomachs one could feel that this incident would get chewed upon many times!
Afterwards the nun came to talk to me. In very broken croatian I tried to explain that Luka was a good guy unfamiliar with christianity and that all was just a misunderstanding.
The old nun, fat from perhaps over eating for 30 years was having none of it.
“He is not a good guy”.
I could see that she had a heart of stone and perhaps political correctness was the only thing stopping me from calling her a stupid old bitch!
Fortunately when we went outside a prayerful lady came to talk to us and understood the situation!
To be honest I went home laughing. For so many years I was Luka. Somehow at this stage I’ve learnt to play the game!
Luka’s comments afterwards were interesting!
He said that he felt no love, that it was obvious that the priest was just reading the texts with no real connection and that when he took the “cookie” off Luka that his eyes were full of accusation and judgement!
And so guys once again we see the dilemma of Jesus.
Jesus is thirsting to bless people like Luka. Imagine little Jesus smiling as Luka comes to a church for the first time!
And yet most catholics including priests and religious have no time for Lukas. I can imagine Jesus crying as Luka was chased out like a rat!
And do dear friends…once again the lesson is simple! Jesus is not loved within the Church and young people sense it and want nothing to do with such hypocricy!
Have a great day and thanks for reading!