Sunday, February 08, 2004
Using the Tongue
A man had a dream in which he was taken up to heaven. He was wandering around, when Jesus came along, who then let him have a vision of something down here on earth.
It was a church on a Sunday morning, and Mass was being celebrated. The organist was playing away. The man could see the fingers move, and the keys go up and down, but he couldn't hear a sound. He could see the choir, watching them opening their mouths and singing all the words, but he couldn't hear a sound. He watched the priest and the people standing up, sitting down, turning the pages of the Mass leaflets, and opening their mouths to say all the prayers, but, once again, the man couldn't hear a sound.
He was puzzled, and so he turned to Jesus and asked him why the silence. Jesus replied, "You see, unless these people pray or sing with their hearts, we cannot hear them here."
--- “These people honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from me.” (Mt. 15:8)
--- “Loving words are on their lips but they continue their greedy ways.” (Ez. 33:31)
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It was a church on a Sunday morning, and Mass was being celebrated. The organist was playing away. The man could see the fingers move, and the keys go up and down, but he couldn't hear a sound. He could see the choir, watching them opening their mouths and singing all the words, but he couldn't hear a sound. He watched the priest and the people standing up, sitting down, turning the pages of the Mass leaflets, and opening their mouths to say all the prayers, but, once again, the man couldn't hear a sound.
He was puzzled, and so he turned to Jesus and asked him why the silence. Jesus replied, "You see, unless these people pray or sing with their hearts, we cannot hear them here."
--- “These people honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from me.” (Mt. 15:8)
--- “Loving words are on their lips but they continue their greedy ways.” (Ez. 33:31)
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