The Great 3rd of January!
After the blessed season of Advent and the all the joys of Christmas- the parties, the liturgies, the family gatherings and treasured traditions, there is not too much left by January 3.
There is no way to smooth over the grating feelings of sleep depravity, a pesky cold and the return to lingering stacks of work that have been waiting around in my office like obnoxious house-guests.
There are many times of the year both in our personal lives and in the Church for which we ritually orient ourselves toward God. Christmas, Easter and other”big” occasions in our life hopefully help us to refocus and refresh. However, it seems to me that it is the”January 3rd’s” of our life that really challenge me. However, today is no less an occasion of God’s saving work than that of the Easter Vigil. The holiness of the paschal mystery is flourishing around me even today whether I see it through the stack of unopened mail or not.