Lent 2013

Saturday, Fifth Week of Lent

My dwelling place shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.  Then the nations shall know that I the Lord sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary is among them forevermore.  Ezekiel 37:27-28

A mosaic consists of thousands of little stones.  Some are blue, some are green, some are yellow, some are gold.  When we bring our faces close to the mosaic, we can admire the beauty of each stone.  But as we step back from it, we can see that all these little stones reveal to us a beautiful picture, telling a story none of these stones can tell by itself.
     That is what our life in community is about.  Each of us is like a little stone, but together we reveal the face of God to the world.  Nobody can say, "I made God visible."  But others who see us together can say, "They made God visible."  Community is where humility and glory touch.

For thought:  What part are you playing in your neighborhood?  In your parish?  Are you doing too little?  Are you trying to do too much?