I enjoyed reading this.
.... We can learn a lot from Jesus, and –
perhaps to Jim’s surprise – we can learn a lot from Mr. Gaffigan. If we take
our faith so “seriously” that we clam up during a children’s liturgy, then we
might be missing the mirth of God the Father’s tender heart. Becoming heated
because the first graders didn’t reread the General Instruction of the New
Roman Missal or memorize their favorite passages from Sacrosanctum
Concilium before taking the ambo for the Universal Prayer might make us
“smart”, but it doesn’t make us super-Catholics. Before we get wound up with
all the in-fighting of the Church or the out-fighting with everyone else, beg our mirthiful
Father for the grace of humor. Humor holds together the beauty and the
absurdity we feel while living our Catholic faith. So, sing without restraint
with your first grader because, as G.K. Chesterton noted while ending his book Orthodoxy,
perhaps God’s greatest secret is His mirth.
Jacob
Bearer comments on Jim Gaffigan’s book on family
life, Dad is Fat
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