GregCast Diakonia

Ascension 2020 Greetings Again Church… I just love this particular Sunday! When I was a kid, going to Church at Holy Spirit in Huntsville, I distinctly remember going to Mass on the Ascension, and sticking around until after the closing hymn. I remember hearing the first reading from the Acts of the Apostles and being struck by the imagery of Jesus being taken up into the clouds. So when the volunteer assigned with the task of putting everything away after Mass, extinguished the Easter Candle, I just watch the smoke from the smoldering wick rise from the candle. It was lit from the spotlight above, and it just slowly hovered and gently rose until it was out of sight. My way of thinking was simple and straightforward. I had been told that the Easter Candle was the light of Christ, and in that moment, that light was extinguished. I just remember looking up at it, thinking WOW. Where is he going? With that said, it’s understandable that I would begin today, stating that this c...

Greetings Church! Note that in today’s Second Reading we are called to be “living stones!” This sets forth a certain logic in understand the connection that we all have with the cornerstone, Jesus Christ. As he was THE living stone, we too are called to recognize our strength and purpose, being willing TO BE BUILT into spiritual houses! Certainly those houses are to be your own homes, but today, let us also be built into THE CHURCH! ——— Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mom’s out there! As civil as this holiday is, it is fitting that we also lift up our Blessed Mother during this month of May, as she inspires all of our Mothers to love, teach and walk with their children each day. I think it is also fitting that the qualities and the gifts of motherhood that we celebrate today, are the same gifts and qualities asked of each of us by our Lord, as we follow him in discipleship. ——— Now and then, it helps to reset things and step back to see the big picture. During these past several weeks, ...