This week’s focus is “presence” — that is, being present. It is vitally important for us to realize that we are not alone in the world. How frequently we ask, in our prayers, for God to be present with us. God is not some sort of removed entity, some intellectual or even theological concept, but that God is a real presence with us that brings comfort. Our presence with one another is a powerful event. Being present with one another is so important. Maybe the Church would limp along, but it would not go along as well without us. None of us is indispensible, that’s true, but it’s different because we’re all here together.
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