The collective consciousness is beginning to rise.
My work here is almost done.
Today, a priest woke up from his slumber.
So there I am, sitting in York Minster.
Stone arches stretching toward heaven.
Light pouring through stained glass like frozen fire.
The choir’s voices swirling in the air so thick you could drink it.
And me? Sitting through the entire Mass like the rebel I am.
Not because I wanted to kneel when told, or recite the lines on command like a slave.
But because I wanted to prove to myself I could sit in the lion’s den.
And mostly—because I wanted to hear the choir.
To be Catholic is to be orderly.
To follow the script.
Every time.
Word for word.
But today—
I got hit with a curveball.
Priest: “The peace of the Lord be with you always.”
Congregation: “And with your spirit.”
Then the glitch:
Priest: “The Lord invites us, like Spock in Star Trek, to live long and prosper… Let us offer each other the sign of peace.”
I swear I lost my marbles right there under the vaulted ceiling.
Did a priest—inside one of the largest scripted indoctrination machines on earth—just go off script?!
That wasn’t in the Roman Missal.
That wasn’t Vatican-approved.
That was… human.
Watch out, world.
If even priests are glitching,
if even York Minster is leaking authenticity,
then awakening is spreading like a virus.
And I am just getting started.
My favorite part of Mass?
The Universal Prayer:
This is when the priest (or a reader) leads the congregation in prayers: for the Church, the sick, the poor, peace in the world, etc. The people respond “Lord, hear our prayer.” but never actually do anything about it.
Just like Jesus did.
“Now, let us pray for the five homeless souls you stepped over on the way here—that they may prosper.”
Congregation: “Lord, hear our prayer.”
Queue The Offertory
This is when the collection basket gets passed around. The money is gathered, while bread and wine are brought to the altar. It’s framed as the people offering their “gifts” to God.
- Twenty quid from you.
- Ten from you.
- Twelve from you.
- 50 Pence? Raise's eyebrows in disapproval at you.
“Let us pray for all sick mother's and children
instead of bringing them a bowl of soup.”
Congregation: “Lord, hear our prayer.”
“Let us pray for the people being bombed—
instead of lifting a hand to help them.”
Congregation: “Lord, hear our prayer.”
“Let us pray that anyone bold enough to back their faith with action—
may fall gently back into slumber so that we neither have to feel bad nor take action”
Congregation: “Lord, hear our prayer.”
Amen.
What did Jesus do?
If you strip away the layers of theology and just look at his actions, Jesus’ way of helping was radically practical and personal.
He didn’t build institutions.... he met needs directly
- Fed the hungry – Bread, fish, meals shared at tables with outcasts.
- Healed the sick – The blind, the lame, the lepers — people society avoided, he touched.
- Freed the oppressed – Cast out “demons,” whether you read that as literal or as liberation from psychological/spiritual bondage.
- Defended the vulnerable – Stopped the stoning of a woman, elevated children, spoke with women openly in a patriarchal culture.
- Listened and restored dignity – He didn’t just fix problems; he saw people. Tax collectors, prostitutes, the poor — he ate with them, which was scandalous.
- Challenged the powerful – He called out the hypocrisy of religious leaders and exposed injustice, even when it put a target on his back.
- Taught people how to love – Through parables, through example, through literally washing his followers’ shit covered feet.
Notice:
- He didn’t say, “Let’s pray for the hungry” — he fed them.
- He didn’t say, “Let’s pray for the sick” — he healed them.
- He didn’t say, “Let’s pray for justice” — he confronted the system.
- He flipped tables in the Temple because it had become a marketplace.
- He said the Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath — directly challenging rigid order.
- He blasted religious leaders for honoring God with lips while their hearts were far away.
Jesus consistently clashed with them.
He called out hypocrisy, empty ritual, greed, and the use of religion as a power structure.
Then he was killed him.
Then they used his death as a poster boy to fuel more empty ritual, greed, and the use of religion as a power structure.
Just kidding that never happened.
But in other news,
You guys have to see the York Minster Gift Shoppppp. Woot Woot!
Its SOOOOOOO COOOL.
Best Part?
Jesus isn't even there to flip the tables!
Or feed the homeless outside!
In Jesus's name, we pray, Amen.