Comedy during homily
in Catholic Holy Masses ​is inappropriate and totally wrong. I maybe entertained, but that's not what I came to church for.
Priests usually tell jokes
when they do the sermon with people laughing, obviously entertained, and thinking all along that it's part of spreading God's word to the people. But the church is a Holy Place for worshipping and praising God requiring complete humility, sincerity and reverence so laughter and comedy is totally out of place. Every time homily is funny, the whole church transforms into a noisy marketplace, and parishioners also feel like they're inside a comedy bar. Then priests are looked up as comedians with holiness completely gone. In my own experience, I notice that people don't treat the church as much reverence as it deserves. They spend their time inside talking and lounging, resting and relaxing as if in the park. They even bring foods and drinks around. And attending masses is no longer serious. The sight has become a gathering of friends rather than a community of worshipers. One thing more, churches here in the Philippines are mostly situated right beside busy streets, pretty much disturbed by moving vehicles and endless streams of passersby. Anyone easily accesses the church without the need to change to proper clothing and attire. A lot of churches post the right dress code that most don't even care about. Shorts, slippers and sleeveless shirts are prohibited but when you enter the churches, you readily see people wearing them. Rules are in place but sad to say, they're not strictly enforced. The Church is always and forever be a Holy Place for praise and worship, for pouring our hearts and minds all out to The Almighty. Strict observance of its rules should be obeyed and never missed, and priests should never spread the Word Of God using comedy and jokes ​but with all holiness and reverence.
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