I often have good intentions as regards attending Mass during the week. However, I am also conscious of my ability (or otherwise) to retain an appropriate demeanour during the service. One such day was Friday 23^rd when the reading was from the Old Testament prophet Ezekiel
As can be seen from the extract below Ezekiel was ordered to prophesy over a valley full of bones. saying, “Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord…. “
I doubt that I would have been able to continue at the service with the earworm on my brain of “Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry ones, Hear the word of the Lord.”
A short extract from the reading is below.

The hand of the Lord was laid on me, and he carried me away by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley, a valley full of bones. He made me walk up and down among them. There were vast quantities of these bones on the ground the whole length of the valley; and they were quite dried up. He said to me ‘… ‘Prophesy over these bones. Say, “Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord…“I prophesied as I had been ordered. While I was prophesying, there was a noise, a sound of clattering; and the bones joined together. I looked, and saw that they were covered with sinews; flesh was growing on them and skin was covering them, but there was no breath in them. He said to me, ‘Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man. Say to the breath, “The Lord says this: Come from the four winds, breath; breathe on these dead; let them live!”’ I prophesied as he had ordered me, and the breath entered them; they came to life again and stood up on their feet, a great, and immense army.”

Enjoy the earworm