"O Happy Fault" that I read the wrong mass readings this weekend: should've been 2 Samuel, but I read 1 Samuel--and I've been chewing on it ever since! Particularly 3 themes:

1. The Humiliation of Dagon (Philistinian deity) before the Ark of God;

2. The Lack of Evangelical Zeal, on the part of Israel;

3. "Tear your hearts, not your garments" (see Joel 2)

Let's chew on 1 Samuel chapters 5-7 real quick and see how it relates to today.