The work of the people, the liturgy, this is faith celebrated. There are 188 hours in one week, and a typical Mass lasts only 1 hour. Yet, within this sacred time we are scandalously afforded the opportunity to experience God's love here and now, touch it, taste it, hear it, smell it, worship it, love it. As I am writing this at my desk on the day after Ash Wednesday, we have just begun the season of Lent.
Don’t forget, don’t ever forget, God is STILL
with us, now more than ever. Please remember that it is Emmanuel, the Anointed,
the Lamb of God who has this running date with us each and all, this open
invitation into his embrace. Even in the darkest times, God is love. 1 John 4:8,16 God is with us in the liturgy: the summit and
the font. Yes, ‘I believe,’ and also ‘we believe.’ But so crucially and
extraordinarily we ‘celebrate.’
