I was daydreaming at a funeral Mass today as I was concelebrating. The homilist was reflecting on how the woman had trusted Christ who had told her, “I am the way.”
I was imagining the Mass we will celebrate at our planned “Becoming One” conference. Among the clergy will be our diocesan bishop and Catholic priests, an Anglican bishop and Anglican priests, Episcopalian priests – some of whom may be women, Catholic laity who used to be Anglican and Episcopal priests, spouses of priests, and probably some protestant ministers as well. Some of us will have been Catholic since baptism, some will have come by various paths into the Catholic Church, some will have already determined to enter the Catholic Church through the path of the Ordinariate; some will be pondering whether to embark along the path; some will have determined never to step foot on that particular path. Even though there will be only a Catholic priest at the altar, in some way we will all be standing together, and except for those who may know some of us personally, it will be hard to tell who belongs to what group, which path. What a mystery!
My prayer and hope for the conference is that we can celebrate Christ’s call that we all may be one, and that we find that oneness in Christ’s Holy Catholic Church, and that the Ordinariate may reach its full potential as a path for many.
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