One Soul
theophilus October 23rd, 2008
I went to Eucharistic Adoration today. It’s become part of my regular Thursday routine. I sometimes doze off (peace, quiet and serenity is so rare in my home that I naturally can’t help myself when the opportunity presents itself). But today I stayed awake long enough to notice that we had a little bit of a crowd in the chapel.
And I realized that I’m not a lone soul.
When I go to adoration, there are others there, no matter the time. When I go to Friday mass at St. Gertrude across town, the place is packed. When I go to the Cathedral for confession, I invariably have to stand in a long line.
For some reason, I’ve felt the need to periodically fast – and might even think about putting on sackcloth and ashes if I knew where to buy them – because I believe God is testing us in these times to see if we still care. And I see that others in the St. Blogosphere are doing the same thing.
I’ve felt the need to really deepen my prayer life because I just need to talk to God in these uncertain times, and I’ve noticed novenas (here, here and here) flying around the web.
And then I watch videos like this one, and I am reminded of my responsibilities to God as a member-servant of the Body of Christ and as a citizen-servant in the greatest nation he has ever created.
So many in today’s society want to make us believe that we are alone (and I’ll leave it to you to discern whether you belong to the “us” and the “we”). And we fail miserably if we let them succeed in making us feel that it’s us against the world.
Christ warned us that there would be times like the present. He warned us that there would be times when things would not appear as they seemed; when we could not determine the falsehoods from the truth. He warned us that this discipleship wouldn’t always be smooth and easy.
We must trust him, talk to him, and do what is right on our end. And then pray that others do the same.
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