Since mid-April, due to the pandemic, we have celebrated mass in camera, being livestreamed for public participation. For me, these six months have proven to be an extraordinary experience during extraordinary times.
I have found it a profoundly spiritual time , knowing and experiencing communio with those who, by necessity, share eucharist via YouTube. It is a feeling thing, but much more. There have been the messages and emails sharing life's tragedies and struggles. There have been the messages of hope and of gratitude for personal advancement or for just getting to the end of the day.
It has been a time full of meaning for we have shared so much together. I know now that communio is much more than a theological concept or a spiritual gift. It is real. I know it is real through my lived experience. I know communio in my heart and my gut. It is a true treasure that I carry with me for the rest of my days.
As we ponder such a gift of God and move back into the cathedral to enable physical presence at eucharist yet again, let us never lose sight of the communio that we share through our one Lord. This union is deeper and more sustaining than we can ever imagine, for it is all gift from our loving God. This is what first and foremost makes us who we are, so that then we can celebrate eucharist together, wherever we may be.
This reality is a great leveler and unifier. We are not just going back to mass, as we were never parted. This time highlights much more, about who we are as church and as members of the human family.
"Keep the love of God before you. The love of God within cannot be overcome." (S. Teresa of Avila)
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