Dear Friends,
Time. Timeless. Timebound. Timely. I don’t have time. I wish I had time. I have all the time in the world.
When I was a child, time stood still in the summer. There was soooo much of it. It seemed endless. Now, the days speed by.
How about you? Where are you on the time spectrum?
Do you perceive that the timeless God of summer bounty is with you? Do Jesus’ stories about the pearl of great price, the treasure in the field, heard a few weeks ago, make you grateful for all the treasures summer has held so far?
Or have you been timebound by expectations, workload, overwhelming commitments?
The summer season still has weeks to go. Some people extend their summer practices until Indigenous People’s Day, a.k.a. Columbus Day.
What do you still realistically wish for this summer? What can you do to achieve it?
Will you reach out by letter or phone call to someone from your past?
Will you take a walk in a public garden to enjoy the sight and fragrance of the flower beds?
Will you spend an hour with a shut-in?
Will you play with a child?
Will you walk on a beach?
The composer of the Anthem When Long Before Time invites us to sing with God as the summer continues to entice us with its possibilities and glory. The song begins before creation, when there was only silence. Then...
The silence was broken when God sang the Song…
The Singer was pleased as the earth sang the Song…
Then down through the ages, the Song disappeared…
But
The Singer comes to us to sing it again…
Let us all sing with one heart and one voice
The Song of the Singer in whom we rejoice.
To you, God, the Singer, our voices we raise,
To you, Son Incarnate, we give all our praise,
To you, Holy Spirit, our life and our breath,
Be glory forever, through life and through death.
As summer continues to be our daily fare, let’s sing our praise and thanks to God, our premier summer-friend, who sings of the wonders of the world and sings in our hearts as well.
~Sister Joan Sobala
