2 posts tagged “sacrament”
It's been some time since I forced myself to blog, so I figure now it is about time. I've had the idea of writing a brief explanation of photos I take and place on my facebook page as my "profile picture." I'll start with the current, and update you as I change. When possible, I'll try to go back through some of the photos I have taken.
They are, in many ways, a record of being "on pilgrimage", and a practice of "holy lingering" - moments of peeking in an empty tomb.
Well, I did not take this photo - someone took it at our regional Confirmation services at St. Peter's in Honolulu. I can't recall his name, but will try to add it here soon, because he took some wonderful photos.
This was an intimate moment - each moment between me and another person, when we are sharing Eucharist, is a moment of holy intimacy; a moment of tenderness. No borders, no distinctions or differences that animate a difference. Only a holy connection between two hands touching the same chalice, drinking from the same cup. "It has become for us the cup of salvation."
I remain convinced that gathering together for a meal is a significant event, a way Christ taught us to participate in the salvation of the world. Think if kings and dictators and presidents actually ate together before going to war? Of if they would actually eat with their people from time to time.
I'll have to wait and see what our guests thought later, when they have had time to reflect. In the mean time, I think that offering a place for people to gather, and if they wish, to share stories, was the important work of my time here in Santiago.
