April 3

by David Lins  |  04/03/2020  |  (Being) Catholic Matters

Readings for the Day: JER 20:10-13, PS 18:2-7, JN 10:31-42

I’m an interesting duck. I fully admit to it.

One of the many genres I enjoy is dystopian. The particular stories within that genre I gravitate toward are ones where something goes wrong and everything falls apart. As things get worse and worse, people begin to hide from one another. Only written notices or messages are left behind. Parks and highways become increasingly abandoned. Businesses close and common communication goes silent.

I took a walk the other day.

I didn’t have to worry about social distancing. There wasn’t anyone else. Several driveways had chalk messages with scrawled messages to “stay home.” My neighborhood park’s equipment is wrapped in caution tape. My commute home from the office that typically takes seventy minutes during spring training, is taking forty. People continue to be furloughed or laid off completely. And let’s face it, every week that goes by… is one week closer to this column abruptly ending.

This is a perfect day to read Psalm 18 which says, “In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.”

Has God gotten us to today? Then, he will get us through it.

One more thing - I was invited to speak to Our Lady’s Guild on April 21st, but given current circumstances, that wasn’t going to happen, so I recorded a short talk for them and posted it on our parish Youtube channel. I think it contains a message of hope we could all use – so if you’ve got 14 minutes or so, here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_BG0mnMjxc&t=10s

David is the Director of Faith Formation at Our Lady of Joy.

If you have comments or questions, send your emails to dlins@oloj.org.

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