Mardi Gras!!!!!! Which Mask are you wearing??

So I attended the Chapel Service today and the priest from Lexington Catholic, Father Norman Fischer, was the speaker. I knew of him from my days back at St. Mark because he came to do a couple of services for us. But I never really listened to him back then. I was just like any grade schooler that would lose their attention quickly. This time, however, I listened to him somewhat closely. He is a very funny guy and entertaining. Hence the two songs that he performed for us that he had changed the words to make them a Christian song. Overall very interesting.

He did make a couple of points while he was speaking that just caught my attention. One was when he was talking about the masks and how we need to unmask ourselves from the things that are keeping us from following the Lord closer than where we are now. One thing we had said in the service was "Help me rid of my mask." What masks do we take on? Drugs, alcohol, family problems, peer pressure in general.

What can we do to help these people or maybe even ourselves get rid of our masks? One thing that comes to mind is something we discussed in my New Testament class on Monday- teaming up. The discussion in class the other day was dealing with how can we as one person help one of ours friends that is hindranced or handicapped, and the answer was team up with some of your Christian friends and surround them with Jesus and keep them involved with what you all do, like attending church on Sundays or just hanging out in mid-week playing video games. Same thing with these masks, we can team up with our friends of faith to help the friend overcome whatever is going on in their life. Like hanging out with them on a Friday night to keep them away from the alcohol or drugs, or just discussing your faith with them if they are riding the fence on whether they believe or not.

It's kind of funny how God can put events in your life throughout the week or over a span of a month that deal with the same matters. maybe he does this on purpose because he wants to get a point across to you about something or to teach you more on a subject.