Furthermore…

I was at Mass some years ago in a downtown Chicago church when at one point a man stood up and started to address the congregation about his needy family and their dire straits. Quickly three of four big fellows arrived and escorted him briskly from his pew to the back of the church. What transpired back there or from then on I can’t say. Could it be that he was unfamiliar with the sacredness of the Mass and saw it merely as a gathering of folks, such as he might address in a school hall? I’m inclined to think that there certain channels that he could have followed in order to get help from the church, although not likely too immediately. Maybe he was informed of the ‘proper’ way to ask for help – I hope so.