\u201cWhen the Church loses courage, the Church enters into a \u2018lukewarm\u2019 atmosphere. The lukewarm, lukewarm Christians, without courage \u2026 That hurts the Church so much, because this tepid atmosphere draws you inside, and problems arise among us; we no longer have the horizon, or courage to pray towards heaven, or the courage to proclaim the Gospel. We are lukewarm \u2026 We have the courage to get involved in our small things in our jealousies, our envy, our careerism, in selfishly going forward \u2026 In all these things, but this is not good for the Church: the Church must be courageous! We all have to be courageous in prayer, in challenging Jesus!\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From this morning\u2019s Mass. Details here. A snip from the homily: \u201cWhen the Church loses courage, the Church enters into a \u2018lukewarm\u2019 atmosphere. The lukewarm, lukewarm Christians, without courage \u2026 That hurts the Church so much, because this tepid atmosphere draws you inside, and problems arise among us; we no longer have the horizon, or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[1413],"class_list":["post-22780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pope","tag-pope-francis"],"yoast_head":"\n
That awkward moment when you realize everyone else got the "Friday Is Dress Like A Swiss Guard Day" memo and you didn't...<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From this morning's Mass. Details here. A snip from the homily: "When the Church loses courage, the Church enters into a \u2018lukewarm\u2019 atmosphere. The\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"That awkward moment when you realize everyone else got the "Friday Is Dress Like A Swiss Guard Day" memo and you didn't...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From this morning's Mass. Details here. A snip from the homily: "When the Church loses courage, the Church enters into a \u2018lukewarm\u2019 atmosphere. The\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Deacon's Bench\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-05-03T13:08:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-30T20:51:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/files\/2013\/05\/946459_603942866283988_1525069159_n-575x383.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Deacon Greg Kandra\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Deacon Greg Kandra\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/\",\"name\":\"That awkward moment when you realize everyone else got the \\\"Friday Is Dress Like A Swiss Guard Day\\\" memo and you didn't...\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-05-03T13:08:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-30T20:51:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/7466606aa54639bf56a17705dcfc0970\"},\"description\":\"From this morning's Mass. Details here. A snip from the homily: \\\"When the Church loses courage, the Church enters into a \u2018lukewarm\u2019 atmosphere. The\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"That awkward moment when you realize everyone else got the “Friday Is Dress Like A Swiss Guard Day” memo and you didn’t…\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/\",\"name\":\"The Deacon's Bench\",\"description\":\"Where a Roman Catholic deacon ponders the world\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/7466606aa54639bf56a17705dcfc0970\",\"name\":\"Deacon Greg Kandra\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7332f32e3041fc2061e292186274b171?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7332f32e3041fc2061e292186274b171?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Deacon Greg Kandra\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/author\/deacon-greg-kandra\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"That awkward moment when you realize everyone else got the \"Friday Is Dress Like A Swiss Guard Day\" memo and you didn't...","description":"From this morning's Mass. Details here. A snip from the homily: \"When the Church loses courage, the Church enters into a \u2018lukewarm\u2019 atmosphere. The","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"That awkward moment when you realize everyone else got the \"Friday Is Dress Like A Swiss Guard Day\" memo and you didn't...","og_description":"From this morning's Mass. Details here. A snip from the homily: \"When the Church loses courage, the Church enters into a \u2018lukewarm\u2019 atmosphere. The","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/","og_site_name":"The Deacon's Bench","article_published_time":"2013-05-03T13:08:19+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-09-30T20:51:47+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/wp.patheos.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/files\/2013\/05\/946459_603942866283988_1525069159_n-575x383.jpg"}],"author":"Deacon Greg Kandra","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Deacon Greg Kandra","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/","name":"That awkward moment when you realize everyone else got the \"Friday Is Dress Like A Swiss Guard Day\" memo and you didn't...","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-05-03T13:08:19+00:00","dateModified":"2016-09-30T20:51:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/7466606aa54639bf56a17705dcfc0970"},"description":"From this morning's Mass. Details here. A snip from the homily: \"When the Church loses courage, the Church enters into a \u2018lukewarm\u2019 atmosphere. The","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2013\/05\/that-awkward-moment-when-you-realize-everyone-else-got-the-friday-is-dress-like-a-swiss-guard-day-memo-and-you-didnt\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"That awkward moment when you realize everyone else got the “Friday Is Dress Like A Swiss Guard Day” memo and you didn’t…"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/","name":"The Deacon's Bench","description":"Where a Roman Catholic deacon ponders the world","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/7466606aa54639bf56a17705dcfc0970","name":"Deacon Greg Kandra","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7332f32e3041fc2061e292186274b171?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7332f32e3041fc2061e292186274b171?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Deacon Greg Kandra"},"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/author\/deacon-greg-kandra\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/56\/2013\/05\/946459_603942866283988_1525069159_n.jpg\" "\\"946459_603942866283988_1525069159_n\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\n