How do most meetings start? They all the start the same way, with the introduction of the participants and the reading of their biography of accomplishments. So and so will speak to us today and he has accomplished this or that or something else.
Or they start with an introduction of the gathered assembly. We have accomplished this and we are going to do this and we will need to accomplish this tomorrow.
But how does the Mass start? Well it starts in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and then the first mention of those of us gathered here is when I invite you to “
What an odd way to begin a meeting. By admitting your sins. Everyone else begins a meeting by saying how great they are (and what a pain everyone else is who is not a part of the group.)
But the Lord has told us to remove the log from our own eyes first. Saint Paul describes himself to Timothy as a once arrogant man. And we live pout lives humbly and gently, in the model of Our Lord Jesus Christ, servants to all, seeking the last place and begging the mercy of God.
