Nearly is not good enough by half. A fraction of a distraction, but enough to throw me off. One month short of being 53 years a priest, and I can still get distracted. I celebrate a Solemn Pontifical Mass in St. Patrick's Cathedral. Most Sundays it's standing-room only.
People come by the hundreds down every aisle to receive Our Lord in Holy Communion.
Some are carrying babies, or leading little children by the hand. They wait in line, patiently, but surrounded by distractions. The choir is singing, or perhaps the congregation. They receive, they turn, they must find their way back to where they were sitting or standing. Perhaps they have to climb over or squeeze by others to get to their place.