Have you ever been to a theater, watching a really good
movie and right before the climactic scene you got up to leave and miss the
conclusion? I doubt it, especially if it’s a thriller, where the bad guy is
just about to get caught or killed, or a “chick flick” where the couple is
about to be reunited with their one true love, or a hundred other formula
movies where you know a great ending is coming that will wrap up a story that you
just invested 2 hours of your time in.
Well it never fails, every Sunday at Mass, I will inevitably
see someone head out the door right after receiving the Eucharist at Communion.
I think at some point in our lives, we are probably all guilty of doing this,
but hopefully if we did it was for a darn good reason, like maybe your kids had
a game they had to get to buy a certain time or they wouldn’t get to play, or
maybe you started feeling ill and needed to get home.
