Sunday, March 9 - First Sunday in Lent

A wandering Aramean was my father; he went down to Egypt and lived there as an alien, few in number, and there he became a great nation, mighty and populous. Deut. 26:8

Our spiritual journey is something like that. We begin as a lone individual and in baptism we become a part of a community where we are nurtured and grow. We are surrounded with a great company of the faithful, the saints if you will, who hold up for us what we can be. So our journey is not solitary. We are not alone but in the company of those in our faith community here and now, but also the company of those who have gone before - that great cloud of witnesses who have witnessed to Jesus through the ages. We began as a single, lone individual and by baptism we are joined with all those through ages who have witnessed to the Christ, “a great nation, mighty and populous.” For that we can say “Praise God, Hallelujah.”

Father Ted Bishop