Flying into Milwaukee
from Chicago
one night after a conference, I looked down on the highways. They looked like continuous
strings of flowing marquee lights that joined the one city to the other. It was
as if the way we were going was illumined by the work of many drivers pointing
the way.
Partway there, I noticed lights bunching together.
There was an intersection that caused the lights to stop for a time. Then I
could see them going off in different directions, lighting other ways home.
Isolated in the sky, I felt alone, but, there below,
were the many people negotiating life’s problems pointing the ways to home. It
reminded me of the great cloud of saints that surrounds us at every juncture of
our lives. We do not make this journey of life and faith isolated from one
another. We are surrounded by other drivers on the highway and the many saints
of our lives.
On our faith highways, we are surrounded, not only
by those we live with, but, in the resurrection world given to us through the
death and resurrection of Christ , we are also
surrounded by the faith and confidence of those who have gone before.
We gather with all of those who have gone before us
and with the confidence of those alongside us who bear witness to our
destination and home. When we gather in Eucharist, we bunch up for awhile and
then move on to our individual roads of mission, passing through our many cross
roads to the great community in Christ.
Prayer
Lord, by your direction and in the company of those
who have followed in your way, may we clearly know the way of your calling and
home. Amen
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