It seems strange that it was just over a week ago that I came back to the Hill because it has been non-stop stuff going on around here. Classes, seeing friends, some news I wanted to get, some news I didn't want, and some stuff that scared me to death. Okay, so most of the action really took place in a 24-hr period, but still!! How can coming back to the hill feel like so long ago????
In any case, hopefully this will not be an indication of things to come, because I don't deal well with having things get all settled and secure just to have them yanked from under my feet unexpectedly. Call me old fashioned, but I sort of like to have some level of stability.
One thing that was nice was that at the end of the crazy 24-hr period this past weekend (which ran from about 10pm Saturday night through 10pm Sunday), I went to Mass and Father Wall's homily was what I really needed to hear. It's funny how things like that work- I can't count the number of times that going to church after a bad day has given me exactly what I was needing. His message was about change (to have a MLK Jr. Theme), but it was much more than civil rights and remembering political oppression in our country. It was about change on a personal level and a spiritual level- a hopeful outlook that "the past will not be our future" and conversely, the future will not be our past. I think a lot of times, it is hard to remember that- we get so used to something, or the idea of something, that we have a hard time moving on or letting go of accepting it when it leaves. On the other hand, we cannot look at the worst of a past situation or present condition and resign to thinking it will last forever. Because our past is not our future, and our future will not be our past.
It was a rather excellent homily. Thanks, Fr. Wall.
"Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."-Les Miserables
RIP Richard Volpe 1924-2010.
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