PARISH VOICES

Sometimes, I forget to appreciate all that God has given to us. It's easy to get caught up in the minutiae of daily living and forget that He is at work all the time. We may not recognize God's visible and invisible work due to the worldly concerns and activities that press in on us. All things, living and inanimate, are here on earth by His design. God's abundant and everlasting love for each one of us on earth encompasses everything.

I just started reading The Journals of Father Alexander Schmemann, 1973-1983. They are transcribed just as he wrote them prior to his passing over 40 years ago in 1983 at the age of 63. Honest thoughts from a respected priest, professor, and preacher. His son, Serge, says in the foreword that it is unclear if Fr. Alexander intended them for publication. If so, perhaps not in the exact wording as written in his journals. So far, I have found it an interesting read.

There’s an Evangelical Christian worship song that came to my mind recently. I was thinking about the importance of standing in silence in front of God — whether at church during liturgy, in front of one’s prayer corner, or even standing in the silence amongst God’s creation. The words and the melody of the song entered my mind and made me think of the awesomeness of God. He is Love like no other. He is “too wonderful for comprehension” and He is “beautiful beyond description