Catholic Life & Reflection
At Mass on the weekend I was really feeling quite unwell. I was not as focussed on the liturgy as I should have been and was watching families coming in. I noticed that they all blessed themselves with the water. As the font is quite high there were several small children who stretched out on their tip toes and splashed about a bit.
But it was their blessings that I really noticed. Old enough to know that they were supposed to do something with their damp fingers but not quite sure how to make the sign of the cross. What each one did though, regardless of age was move their hand across their heart.
Instinctively, they knew that this space they were about to enter, this water they had touched had something to do with their heart, their centre, their very being.
How right they are.
It is pretty simple really, we are on earth the HEART of God. It doesn’t need to be more complicated than that.
Stephanie Stewart
Religious Education Coordinator
