Today’s feast of Pentecost is also known
as the Birthday of the Church. How are
we church for each other at this time?
One way is the way we support one another’s faith by the kind of
response we give to the Lord in our worship.
That response needs to be active, alive and enthusiastic. We make a difference to one another by the
way we are attentive to what is happening at Mass. We can build one another up by the reverence
we show. Eucharistic ministers certainly
notice the reverence of people as they come to receive the Lord in
communion. We can also weaken one
another just by our inattention, our look of boredom, our non-participation. We have an effect on one another even when we
don’t always know it. Our responses and
actions during liturgy are part of our ministry to one another as members of
the Body of Christ. Let each of us
celebrate each Mass well – for ourselves and for those gathered around us.
