“Something Greater Than the Temple”

Note: On Fridays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod , owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there.

Oh, how quick we are to play God—when someone else is involved.

There I was at Mass last Sunday, smiling and chuckling when the earnest young transitional deacon referred to Little Shop of Horrors and said, “Now, that might be before your time for some of you. In fact, it’s before my time.” There was something so sweet, so tender, so vulnerable about it.

My smile tur...