We are always linked through Christ!

It wasn’t until Sunday night that I finally felt a part of the Notre Dame Seminary Community. The whole week before was a slow one, trying to get through numerous conferences and meetings on seminary life. Granted, I am in a different seminary, but at the same time, I have been in formation for the priesthood for the last two years, so I have an idea of what seminary life is like. Much of what we have gone over has been repetitious for me. Also, hardly anyone was here when I moved in. A large majority of the student population was not here. So it has been hard waiting for life in the building to pick up as the returning student body slowly trickled in this week. But by Mass on Sunday evening, everyone had made it back and we had our first communal celebration together, celebrating the Eucharist.

This reminded me of Fr Geoff and his saying, “See you in the Eucharist”. All week, I was missing my friends from this summer as well as from St Ben’s. It just isn’t the same without Brent or JohnJohn to yell at through the wall. But change comes in life and we must deal with it without losing track of what we are called to be doing. So, what better time could I have actually found my friends than while praying the Liturgy of the Hours every morning and evening, as well as celebrating the Eucharist? No matter how far apart we are, we will always be linked through our prayer and through the Eucharist. As Catholics, we have the privilege of a uniform Mass celebrated all over the world, daily, with everyone receiving an equal amount of Christ. We may be physically apart, but spiritually we will always be one!