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Back to School “Catholic” Checklist:
Do I suffer from excessive absences? Do I skip Mass or just send my spouse with the one kid who “needs” to go? Just as those with glaring absences in school never succeed, neither will we.
Does my “desk” need cleaning? Is my heart and soul weighed down by garbage that never got cleaned out or do I just keep stuffing it in? Why not go to confession today after Mass? Am I rested or rushed? If Mass was a school bus would I always miss it? Last week at one Mass alone 79 people came in after Mass started.
How do I take the teacher’s correction? We all got wrong answers at school and we’ll make errors in faith too, but do we take them as rebukes or challenges to learn and grow. Sometimes a homily might point something out in our life that isn’t totally kosher. Do we get mad or resolve to confess and get up again to follow Jesus’ path?
Extra credit? Mass is the start, not the end, do I go to Adoration, parish retreats, Bible Studies, help at the Food Pantry? Is daily Mass an option or even just spending time in the silence with the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament in our open church or praying with family?
God Bless, we can always get back on the Honor Roll of holiness with Him.
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