Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament

June 11, 2025

Just Passing Time

Overheard: “We’ve always done it that way,” and “It’s just not the way it used to be.” “It” could be anything: home-cooked meals, family meals, front porches, church, and change is not possible, or is it?

Surrender to the past and live in its shadows or select two other locations.

There’s the present for the existentialist who creates meaning in this temporal zone. The futurist is located up ahead to create a new pathway. Living in the past, being absorbed in the present, or dreaming towards the future would not be the best place to dwell. Ebeneezer Scrooge, that miserly Charles Dickens character, after confronting his past, present and future mended his ways. Empty the trash bin of personal rules of order, personal fears, personal imperfections, and faults of the past, present, and future. Empty yourself to fulfill God’s laws, to live in love and obedience.

We are seeking self-realization, to become the person we are meant to be. The disciples have the same message: to obey the past – the Commandments – and teach others to do so, and the Kingdom will be theirs.

Christian people know where they’ve been, where they are, and what is in store up ahead. There is a plan; there has always been one. God knows where we came from, knows where we are, and knows where we will be.

We haven’t seen the blueprint, but we live in faith and trust that all will be well.

In our quiet moments of meditation, we adore, give thanks, repent, and petition, then rest in the quiet of God’s time.

Prayer

Teach me your paths, my God, and guide me in your truth. (Psalm 25:4b, 5a)