For the 21st Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year A, 2020)
Note: I have been publishing reflections via Aletia.org and on Facebook Notes for the past few years, but I am happy to begin sharing again on this blog. An earlier version of this reflection was posted Aletiea.org. on August 26, 2017, For the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A, 2020) You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. — Matthew 16:18 Several years ago, I read the novel The Snow Queen by Michael Cunningham . It’s the story of two brothers coping with the death of their mother and their family’s histrionics. One of the brothers, Barrett, is always trying to find a way to escape his own life and over the course of the novel, he comes realize how shallow he has become. At one point in the story, he remarks that, “The moment matters more than the future. The present—today, tonight; the sensation of walking into a room, and creating a real if fleeting hush—is what I care about, it’s all right wi