13 January 2007

Ordinary no longer

Ordinary Time might not be what we often consider it, suggests the Most Rev. George J. Lucas. "If we reflect on the mysteries we have celebrated at Christmas," he says, "we realize that since Jesus our Savior has come to us in history and remains with us in the church, time is not 'ordinary' any more. Each day provides a fresh opportunity to come to know the Lord and to prepare to meet him when he comes again."

The challenge for Christians today "is to keep this encounter with the Lord in holy Communion from seeming to be routine or trivial, even though it is so readily available to us on 'ordinary' days."

Today I am rather taken aback at how close the topic of my homily this weekend fits in with what my Bishop writes. We do not usually talk about the same topics on the same weekend. I wonder how many parishioners will pick up on it.

His Excellency then offers a brief description of the USCCB's recent Happy Are Those Who Are Called to His Supper: On Preparing to Receive Christ Worthily in the Eucharist. Bishop Lucas finds it a "helpful booklet" and I fully agree with him. It seems unlike anything the Conference has written recently.

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