In God [Easter 6A - Acts 17:22-31]
The Rev. Jeremiah Williamson Acts 17:22-31 In God I walked past the two masked men and into the open door. As soon as I entered, I was reacquainted with that holy scent – a scent that feels like family, a scent that, I think, will linger on the stone and wood well into eternity. I allowed my spirit to soak in that beautiful perfume before proceeding down the south aisle, toward the chapel. I’m not sure why, but the lights of the chapel were on. I: like a moth to a flame. My eyes were drawn not to the blessed Mother with her holy child, but to the corner, to a box, to yet another open door. And there, at the back of chapel, I stopped and stared. My spirit stirred in a manner beyond easy words. It was so obviously empty; its stark white insides exposed to our pandemic world. The aumbry, the place in which I have come to expect God to dwell in earthly elements, was showing me a startling absence. I felt like...