The Lord's Day

This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Today the sun is shining here and the sky is blue. The warmth of the day seeps into my soul. I love days like this. They start out with promise and end with fulfillment. We went to mass this morning and the church was decorated befitting Pentecost Sunday. I can't help but see the "rightness" of this being Pentecost Sunday. The church celebrating the "coming of the Holy Spirit" to us at a time in our adoption when we have been praying so hard for the coming of the Holy Spirit. It is as if the Lord Himself wants everyone to know that He is present for us at this time. The Advocate is ever present to us. The Advocate is ever present to all of us. That is the beauty of our Lord's divine nature. He knows exactly what we need. When we need it most, and He sends us "marching orders" (as Father Phil said today). We come to worship Him and He gives us a mission. I pray that my mission will soon involve a trip to Guatemala to bring home my daughter.
The picture I have posted is so precious to me. The hand of a mother holding the hand of her daughter. The momma holds the child's hand so tenderly and yet open-palmed. It is the instrument of invitation and patience and of honoring the child's ability to "come" when she is ready. Palm touching palm. Nerve endings, like the Holy Spirit, firing impulses of heat and warmth and direction. They both feel the connection. They both long for the touch to never end.
Pray for our touch to never end. Pray Tuesday for the courtroom to filled with the Holy Spirit.
Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and enkindle in us the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit so that we may be created, and you will renew the face of the earth.
Oh God, by the light of the Holy Spirit, you instruct the hearts of the faithful,grant that by that same Holy Spirit, we may be truly wise and ever rejoice in His consolations, through that same Christ our Lord. Amen.