Friday, June 21, 2019

June 4, 2019


HE  DECIDED 

He decided on dropping church -
out of his life. How long was this
decision  on his mind - in his heart? 
Being a priest, should I have asked?
I didn’t - but  he did say he was fed up
with his parish priest blasting gays and
getting into politics from the pulpit.

I sense  this dropping out is on the
increase. It adds to the pressure on a priest
to be light and salt - example and inspiration -
hope and challenge - Christ and Church -
to the many. It  makes me want to scream,
“What are you  doing to make people want
to be here? What’s your example like?”


© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019

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