joy

God, why is it there are so few youths at daily Mass? Why do all the people attending have to be so... old? Why is it we young people can be so energetic for youth ministry and its related events and yet we drag our feet when it comes to celebrating... you? 

"Why do we have to follow all these weird traditions?"

"Church is boring."

"Mass is too rigid!"

No it's not. Not if you truly understand the meaning of it. Mass wasn't created to be an obligation; Mass is beautiful. Mass is holy. Mass is alive. Similarly, the Law wasn't created for Man to serve, but to serve Man. When we truly seek God, the Law ceases to be a law. It becomes something that draws us closer, right into the heart of God. We stop obliging the Law. It is now written on our hearts.

"I rejoiced that they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the LORD.
At last our feet are standing at your gates, Jerusalem! 
Jerusalem, built as a city, in one united whole, 
there the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, a sign for Israel to give thanks to the name of the LORD. 
For there are set the thrones of judgement, the thrones of the house of David. 
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem, prosperity for your homes! 
Peace within your walls, prosperity in your palaces! 
For love of my brothers and my friends I will say, 'Peace upon you!' 
For love of the house of the LORD our God I will pray for your well-being." Ps 122