I strongly recommend my readers to get vaccinated as soon as possible against some very harmful and contagious diseases… No, I am not talking on this occasion about COVID. I am talking about other pathologies which I have noticed in others and in myself, and which seriously endanger the Christian life because they harden the heart. For their recognition and further treatment, I describe their symptoms.
CONFESSIONAL APHASIA. This first disease manifests itself as a vocal blockage that silences people and prevents them from speaking about God, praying or sharing their faith with others. This paralysis of the vocal organs is limited not only to stammering, but even to spelling such important words as “God the Father”, “Church”, “delivery”…. It is reported that in recent years it has been attacking Christian families with particular severity, regardless of age. There, for a long time now, people no longer talk about God, not even in vain. This paralysis of speech disappears mysteriously at christenings, weddings and funerals, but only temporarily. Even prior fumigation does not get rid of these rebellious aphasic viruses.
PHOBIC DISORDER. This disease is like an allergy that affects people who should be more involved in their parishes, families and groups. Its symptoms are: trembling in the legs, night terrors at a possible invitation to volunteer, an irresistible desire to disappear on weekends, holidays or free time? One of its variants is the so-called “Christian agorerism”. Sufferers often suffer from sudden attacks of sighing and wailing as soon as commitment is mentioned, while compulsively repeating: “It can’t be done, it can’t be done…”. It is the same clinical picture suffered by sadly famous people such as Mrs. Nostalgia López or Mr. Quintín Amarguras. Quintín Amarguras.
SCHIZOMANIA. This illness is even more dangerous because it threatens to become chronic. It presents itself as an unmanageable alternation between what is said or desired and what is, in fact, done. Under this condition, the brain produces reflections and reasoning at an average speed between moderate and accelerated, but without ever passing through either the heart or the decision-making apparatus. This kind of schizophrenia prevents the combination of good desires and good deeds and leads to a useless “Habria-ism”. Dositeo Garbanoso suffered from it, who wrote five volumes of good intentions – 500 pages each – which he never tried to put into practice.
SEVERE DYSGNITIS: This is a state of semi-trance which, in some cases, resolves itself in headaches or even loud snoring. The patient tends to lose touch with the needs of others or his own obligations, and to defend himself with excuses, reservations, impediments… and other falsehoods that he only believes himself. It appears as soon as someone starts talking about the urgency of commitment. Experts assure us that some of these sufferers, at such moments, like to paint abstract drawings with their pen on the first piece of paper they find. In acute cases, they may even fall into total unconsciousness, which disappears as soon as everyone stands up and the goodbyes begin.
Juan Carlos cmf
(PHOTO: Aarón Blanco Tejedor)
