I finally finished preparing the lector’s duty roster for the next three months. Who would have known that preparing duty roster is such a chore, huh? But I am not complaining…I just pray that they don’t complain too much because it is indeed not easy to remember who wants which time and which day.
The nice thing about preparing the duty roster is how much more aware I am of the Catholic calendar. Now, I know the cycle better and I know more about feast days and such. For the month of July to September, we are going into the Ordinary Weeks and there is only one special day which is Assumption. So, preparing the roster isn’t that difficult because there are no extra masses or special readings.
Every time I do the roster, I will get all worked up because the printer is not in my room. I have to ask my son to print it for me and usually, I need to do several printing because I have problems doing it on Word document. So, what I did is to print a skeleton of it, amend and amend before I print the final copy. The thing is when it is about to go to the church clerk for photocopying, someone is bound to make a last minute request and me being me, will try to accommodate. However, the last minute amendment sometimes screwed up the whole roster because of overlapping of duty.
So, my son would ask, “Ma, so stress why you go and volunteer?” My answer is always, “Well…someone has to do it and since no one else offers, I do it.” I think I have done the roster for a complete year already. I still make many mistakes but I am getting there. I have been a lector for three years, I think. Still making mistakes but I am getting there. I have been the overhead projector handler for two years. Still making mistakes but I am getting there. Actually, there is no end to “getting there”. One is bound to make a mistake or two from time to time because as I see it, God has to find someone clumsy like me so that others who are about the same clumsy will not be afraid to join me in serving the church. If I am such a pro, who will dare to join the clique, right? So, yeah, thank you Lord for giving me the thick skin, perseverance, determination and the ‘almost getting there’ attitude. I know You love me because I always hang in there, bitches or not.
Yeah, did I ever mention the number of people who only wish me when I make a mistake and overlooked me when I don’t? There are those ladies who would gleefully come to me and wish me, “Hey, Lilian, how are you…what happened just now? You forget izzit?” when say, I made a boo-boo or two. But on regular days, they have that glazed look and forget to say “hi” to me. Gee, did I tell you I love these people? They made me feel like I am a saint. Downtrodden, being laughed at and yet, God Loves me with a capital L.
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