Why do we persist, generation after generation, in a kind of blindness that fails to see the Lord at work in our world, and in us? What is it that so handicaps us from living the life that God has called us to? Some would say it’s merely an ability to pay attention past the tangibles, past those things that are so easy to count, so easy to take stock of.
We sometimes don’t put enough importance on our encounters with God. The Irish called them the “thin places,” the belief that heaven and earth are about three feet apart, but there are some places where heaven is closer and you encounter God. How many thin places do we encounter every day, where God is present in our lives, if we would but open our eyes to see? But we are so intent on what we can see that we don’t look.
Now is a good time for looking, for finding those thin places in our lives to encounter God as much as we possibly can, so that all of our days might be filled with his presence, with his grace, with his forgiveness, all of which draw us ever closer to him. Our lives are a journey into the thin places, and the only intent is to draw closer to the God who loves us.
--Fr. Patrick Michaels,
Homily, February 21, 2024
Image source 1: https://onbeing.org/blog/thin-places-and-the-transforming-presence-of-beauty/
Image source 2: Mill Valley sunrise, October 30, 2024.
For more on "thin places," see also: https://christchurchcranbrook.org/2021/03/03/thin-places-in-the-celtic-tradition/
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