Getting Ready to Pray                     

In this northern half of the earth there are signs of endings. The harvests are completed and the outdoor fun-things are stored away for the winter. The trees have lost their clothes and seem to shiver in the divesting winds.

Some Thoughts 

We are beginning the end of the Liturgical Year, next Sunday is the Feast of Christ the King followed by the First Advent Sunday.

Those in the southern half of the earth are experiencing the beginnings, the re-dressings of trees and fields. Hope and trust do lead to fullness, but it takes time.

We are preparing for the rest of our lives each time we gather around the “Table of Plenty.” There is a death accomplished and remembered. There is resurrection and fruitfulness. There are always endings and beginnings. The Liturgy ends, but the fruitfulness of that Holy Sacrifice is contained in our living our “Amens.”

We prepare, not only to enter the community of believers, but to be sent with them to the plenty of God’s blessing this world through us. The week-“end” for us who gather is really the week-“up,” or “next.”

We are always beginning the never-ending love of God shared with us in the Eucharist.