To many people these days, worship seems like an outdated concept. As religious beings, however, worship is inescapable. We human persons are constantly burdened with the awful weight of having to decide what is worth most to us, the root meaning of wor(th)-ship. If we go the postmodern route of claiming to worship nothing, we are definitely, albeit unconsciously, worshipping ourselves. If we pridefully acknowledge objects of worship, even religious ones, that are not the eternal ground of being and infinite horizon, the living God, we immediately fall into idolatry. The good news is that the Lord is patient with us and loves us and quietly draws us along the path of Jesus whose relationship with his heavnely Father was worth more than everything else in his life. We shall thus learn the art of worshipping well as we gaze with grateful hearts upon the stars of night, as tears stream down our faces in an unexpected and humble moment of reconciliation, and as blood courses through our veins at the sight of an injustice. In this way, the Lord will emerge as the meaning of everything, and the act of worship will be synonymous with our authentic human living. Ave Crux, Spes Unica.
July 5, 2025
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