"All over the world, human beings start out thinking that God must live in the mountaintops. Look at the clouds, thunder and lightning; of course that’s where God would live. For example, when Moses wants to talk to God, he climbs a mountain.
"But all over the world, there are stories where young brave or the young medicine woman climbs to the mountaintop to see God. He or she gets to the peak, looks out, and realizes that it was all sacred down there. They didn’t have to go to the mountaintop to see God. As Buddy Glass says, 'What do we ever do, but move from portion to portion of the Promised Land?'
"Our struggle is sacred; wherever you live, you must be living in a holy city." ~ Stephen Hatfield
"We come together to work, so that face to face/we can instruct our hands to build a house of grace,/for every one of us here is a dwelling place/and we’ll assemble and form a holy city./ Alleluia, Alleluia!" ~ Living in a Holy City, by Stephen Hatfield
I was listening to this song earlier today, thinking about Stephen's thoughts on the subject and hearing the beautiful chorus of the song repeat, "a holy city, Alleluia, Alleluia!"
I was struck by how much it reminded me of God in our midst every day. The Holy Spirit is present in this world, Christ is fully present in the Holy Eucharist. In the Eucharist, every one of us here is a dwelling place. How very lucky we are, how privileged, that God is present. That the ground we stand on is holy, because our Lord made it. No matter where we are, we stand together in a holy city.
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For a moment I thought you meant those were my thoughts and I was confused until I read "Hatfield". I take it that was the song your sister was playing?
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