Day Nineteen - Bored

Boredom is a manifestation of selfishness.  It can only occur when we are overly focused on ourselves.  It always means that we have set God and neighbor aside to focus exclusively on ourselves, and that is never a recipe for happiness.

Saying you are bored is an insult to God.  God has given us life and so many opportunities exist in every single day.

Has Mass become irrelevant to the modern life?  Or more likely, has the modern life become irrelevant to the Mass. Our lives have become irrelevant to God’s world view.  We’ve stopped chasing the best-version-of-ourselves.

Very often we go to Church but we do not want God’s input in our lives.  When I go to Church on Sunday, it is impossible to be bored, if I go to Church to listen to the voice of God in my life.  When I am disengaged, I am a little more disengaged at Mass.  I’m probably resisting God in something, in some way, somehow in my life.  And when I’m resisting God, I get lazy in my prayer, in my spiritual reading and I tend to focus on myself more and become more self-interested and more selfish.  I become unhappier, because when I resist God, I resist happiness.

What is my favorite thing about the Mass?  The Liturgy of the Word is my favorite thing about the Mass.  I enjoy the readings and gospels because I like to relate them to what I have going on in my life.  The Homily helps me to put it all in perspective and is what I look forward to the most about the Mass.

Focus:

To say we are bored at any moment in my life is a massive insult to God.

Act:

If I am ever bored, look for a way to get outside of myself and serve others.

Pray:

Lord, open my heart when I go to Mass this week.  Help me to discover your recipe for happiness and peace in the Mass.

Amen.