Housecleaning

Housecleaning

Have you done your housecleaning

Not the one that’s done once a year in spring

The one I am referring to is for everyday

The one I’m talking about is your heart and how you pray

You need more than a yearly cleanse

But it’s hard to remove a year’s worth of grime and grease

Especially in a ten minute spritz

A yearly confession has little grits

Scrub daily

What you’ll discover will keep you happy

But also readies you for

When our Lord suddenly shows up at your door

Yes you’ve died

Yes people cried

But none worse than the fool

Who thought that yearly confession was so cool

You’ll head to Reconciliation in a hurry

If you knew your days would end swiftly

Then clean your house

Make it hospitable to you and God not a louse

Amen

JFFIII 10/21/25