Our Introit addressed us, “In whatever tribulation they shall cry to Me, I will hear them and I will be their Lord for ever.”
Over the course of this last week there have been many who have cried out to the Lord and rightfully so.
Some of you have cried out in fear, others in sorrow, others in anger, and others who are just at a loss of words concerning that which might now lay before them.
Some of you have moved to Johnson City for this Mass, others have grown up in it, and others have came here later because they were drawn to its reverence.
Some of you may move over the announcement which was made last week and that is okay because we must be willing to go wherever the Lord calls.
Wherever it is that we go let us remain united to the Church and the unity that is expressed therein even if it might feel like such unity can never be a reality.
For those of you who remain in this parish community we will continue to express the fullness of Catholic teaching and this Mass will continue to be offered reverently in the Ordinary Form.
Our Gospel directed our sight towards a wedding feast. This is the same wedding feast to which we are invited for this is the Kingdom of Heaven.
We must strive with the help of God’s grace to run this race towards the Heavenly Kingdom.
This means that we must persevere to the very end without allowing our wedding garment to be stained by sin.
Thankfully we have the sacrament of confession to which we can flock to be cleansed from such a stain in order that we may once again be found to be whiter then snow.
In order that we can have the grace of final perseverance we must cry out to God and believe that He is our Lord forever.
When it pertains to the wounds caused by this transition let us continue to cry out to Him. So too when it pertains to every other struggle in this life we are the cry out to Him and place our trust in Him for He is our Lord for ever.
We are to set our hands to plow and not look back for in doing so we are taking our sight off of the Lord and this Heavenly Kingdom and placing it upon something else.
In faith let us cry out to the Lord for He is calling each of us to fidelity to Him and His Church.
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