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“A father’s communication with his many children… that is one of the most agreeable occupations of my life” 1857
With the discovery of the graves of some of the children who died at the Indian Residential Schools made the news, there was outrage and anger. In our Oblate parish we had some who walked away because of the part that some of the Oblates had played in those schools. I remember one day as I was on my way to Mass, I got off of the bus at my usual stop. A very vocal and angry man swore as he approached and tried to grab my small Oblate cross. It scared me and for a couple of weeks I simply tucked my cross under my shirt or top as I was leaving my house. I did it without thinking until my pastor remarked on it one day. And while I told him why I had begun it, I also realised that how easily I had changed something that was so personal to me and was like my breathing in and my breathing out.
After that day I once again wore my cross outside my clothing and simply used a different bus stop. Something so small reminded me of my own weaknesses and more: I realized that those who saw me each day, also noticed my beautiful little cross which was/is a symbol of life over death, of a love so great that it was foundational within me.
After two years of living through a pandemic I have become used to putting on a mask as I step outside my apartment door and to wear it wherever I am going because it is not just important for my health and state of being but also for the other(s) who I meet.
Coming here each morning is one way of renewing my efforts to remain imbued with the Spirit of Jesus in my daily life. Human, Christian, Saint…