“Lord,
as I sit here surrounded by people praying to You, I am humbled at how You can
sort out all the sounds. There are the voices of people praying the rosary in
Spanish, the sound of elderly voices asking You for help, the sounds of people
serving in the sacristy cleaning up from mass, the shifting of people’s weight
kneeling in the pews praying silently, the whispers of people sitting in the
pews quietly praying and the sound of my pen scribbling across the paper as I
write these thoughts.
“To me,
it’s a jumbled array of sounds. To You, it’s a symphony of love expressed in so
many different instruments. You are the conductor behind the altar in the
Tabernacle. Your hand is raised and directs the rhythm of all our prayers and
expressions of love for You. I wish I could hear it like You do. To me it
sounds like an orchestra warming up, all disjointed. To You, it must be a
masterpiece, a beautiful symphony with connected parts in a melody that moves
the soul. Maybe in eternity, we will all hear and play in this wondrous prayer
symphony.”
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