Touching Scenes

This week has brought to me several moments of being touched by the Spirit, and I want to set one of them here.

The first was this past Sunday, March 9, 2008 at my parish church, Christ the King. As we move closer to Easter, the group of those converting to Catholicism move closer to joining the Church. There is, every year, a nice-sized group becoming members the Church from our parish, and this year is no different.

When I scan the faces of those who are nearing their full membership into the faith I hold, I am so moved. They each have a story to share, I know. Each journey is special, no doubt.

However, one person I saw stood out to me, an old man. As he walked to the front to recieve a blessing from our parish priest, I wondered what his story is, and why, this late in his life, he has been drawn to the Catholic Church.

What an example for me this man is, I thought. Learning, yearning and bringing himself to a deeper understanding of faith and to a more meaningful experience and life in the love of Christ, at any age, in any time. His act of presenting himself before the Church inspires me.

That glance at him in a crowded church sanctuary, reminded me: Someone is looking at my face; may they be inspired toward God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit by what they see.

This I pray.