Exiit qui seminat
"Christ is still in our midst."
This weekend, the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, marks the first time since March 2nd, Ash Wednesday, that our Sundays haven't been designated for a unique season (Lent and Easter) as well as the special celebrations of Ordinary Time that follow Pentecost (Trinity Sunday and the Feast of Corpus Christi). That's 16 weeks of a particular focus in the life of the Church! Now that things are back to "normal", the temptation would be for us to exhale from our collective liturgical marathon and take a well deserved break. However just because things are "ordinary" doesn't mean that we should be complacent or comfortable. In Church "speak", ordinary means ordered, not normal. From the 13th week to the 34th Sunday in Ordinary Time (the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe), the Church focuses on our Lord's public ministry and how He was present in their lives through His teaching and miracles. The key during this season is for us to remember that Christ is still in our midst and longs to be in our hearts. It is up to us to believe in Him, to have faith and to act in our roles as His children in the ordered days of our lives. The sad reality is that when we don't make God THE priority of our lives, when we put other things in His place (work, school, sports, art, leisure, etc), our lives become "disordered" and show that we would rather belong to the devil than to God. While it can be a harsh wake up call, the Lord reminds us that we can change. We can recommit ourselves to the sacramental life of the Church and Her true worship, the Mass. We can reprioritize what's important to us and focus on God's life and His love. For the One who loves us so much that He died for us is challenging each and every one of us to truly be His Church and to show the world that the life of faith is far more than ordinary!
Sincerely yours in Christ, Fr. Rob Sinatra
