During daily Mass at St. Catherine Thursday, the lector began to experience difficulty seeing, struggling to get through the first reading from the Book of Esther. Without saying anything, the presiding priest walked over and took over, finishing the reading and leading the Responsorial Psalm, “Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me.”
As Father Woodke moved onto his homily, one focused on Christ’s final words in the Gospel reading, “Do to others whatever you would have them do to you,” a parishioner walked over to the lector and sat beside him, a quiet offering of comfort.
Finally, another parishioner stepped forward and assumed the role leading the Communion Antiphon, “Everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will open.”
I couldn’t help but notice how this was the Word playing out right in front of me. One of us needed help and several stepped forward to answer his silent call.
We all appreciate the art and architecture in so many of our churches and shrines. But the ever-present Beauty of All Catholic Churches is found in every single place we worship, in the Word and Eucharist.
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