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Through Him

by Rich Maffeo

<'); document.write('em>For from Him and through Him and for Him are all things. To Him be glory forever. Amen (Romans 11:36).

I'); document.write('t\'s all about Jesus. Always has been. Always will be.

It always should be.

I ought to think of that bef'); document.write('ore I start complaining about His business. Like the Mass, for example.

My wife and I had hardly left the sanctu'); document.write('ary Sunday morning before I groused about the service. "I wish we\'d sing modern choruses instead of centuries-old hymns.'); document.write('.. I thought the priest could have made a stronger point about that Gospel passage... I\'d like it better if we knelt for'); document.write(' prayer... I wonder why..."

Then I noticed my emphasis: I wish. I thought. I\'d like. '); document.write('I wonder. My problem became disturbingly clear: I think the Mass -- even life, if I\'m honest -- is all about me.

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