theres this certain church where i go to mass almost every sunday, and on weekdays whenever i feel like to. i find attending mass very convenient since its just a walking distance from cnu and that their daily mass is always set at 6:30 in the evening, just perfect for my schedule. not only because of that, i also like going to that place because of the ambience and that feeling of sanctity you get from just being in there, and also because of the fact that not a lot of people come there–in fact, the only other person in our class whose been there is phoebe–but most of all, i love attending mass at that church–although technically its a shrine-chapel thingy–because of the priest who celebrates the mass–no,no,no! i dont have a crush on the priest, like hello, i still intend to become a saint!–due to the fact that he celebrates mass in a rather more solemn manner than most other priests, and most especially due to the homilies…
ironically though, despite being my favorite part of the mass–yes it is, so what? you think im some kind of jesus freak? well maybe i am, and you could go and burn me at the stake if you want to!–it also happens to be one of those things that i dread to hear…imagine this, for about a month or so i didnt go to mass simply because i didnt want to, and when suddenly i had this huge problem, i decided to go to church, and voila, the priest in his homily said: "some people only go to mass whenever they have problems…"…like God, how could he have known?! and there was this other day when i was really unprepared to go to mass since i had a bit of a fight–as in exchange of verbal atrocities–with my aunt, but still decided to go to church, one of my freakiest experiences happened…about 30 minutes before the mass started, the same priest announced: "to those who need to go to confession, there is a priest outside…"…and there was also this other time–actually, it was the first time i went to mass there–when i was sitting in the way i used to sit at church–with my feet up at the pew in front of me–the priest said in the homily:"some people just have no respect for the mass by putting their feet on the pews…"and just earlier this week, i was dumbstruck when the priest gave his homily regarding the feeding of the five thousand, you see, just as the gospel was being read, i was repeating in my mind the conventional explanation to this miracle–that jesus didnt really multiply the food, but merely motivated the people to share their baon which they kept hidden for themselves–it was freaky when he refuted that very same explanation right at the beginning of the homily… god!god!god!
and thus i said to myself, that this person must totally hate me…he must definitely have that so-called god-given gift to read people’s mind, and considering the low church attendance, it is most probable that im almost always the most sinful person around, and thus, making me a target for heaven’s vengeance…
however, all these things somehow changed just earlier today…you see after mass, as i was walking towards the car, i saw the priest walking in the opposite direction towards me, and i said:"oh god, here he comes…i know he hates me coz im so evil…" and yet to my surprise, divine judgement didnt fall crashing down upon me, instead i got a greeting–from the person whom i thought until today, thought of me as another soul worthy of hell…
i was just too paranoid…knowing that im such a mean, evil person, i had this feeling that God and people who loved God hated me…
yet it dawned upon me…god cannot possibly hate me…im far too insignificant, why vent all his anger towards me? and since im far too insignificant, i can easily fit in with everyone else, and becuase god loves them, god must love me too…
OMG…what am i writing? its almost 12 midnight and im the only soul thats awake in our house…gosh, i just wrote an entire religiously themed essay…god! i think i really am gonna be a saint…lol…well jerah, if your reading this, know that you’ll always be the 2nd living saint and i’ll be 3rd…k?
although on second thought, when i die, i might still end up in my very
own dimension that God had to make for my soul, which ruff told me
about…hehehe…