Winton Wyoming Pastoral Region

I recently found myself re-reading an old classic, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, thinking about how I would probably be happy to be locked away for a few years with nothing but C.S. Lewis to read. In this children’s fantasy story (which doubles as an extended allegory about Jesus), we hear an important perspective on the King, Aslan, from his loyal subject, Mr. Beaver, who has an appropriate fear of the Lord. When Lucy asks him if Aslan the lion is safe, the reply comes back “Safe? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good.” This idea of a ruler valuing goodness and strength and uniting them together must be preserved, or else we lose the ability to understand what our relationship with God should be.  Click title for full column   

I am disorganized enough that I am often caught off guard by upcoming events. Just today I realized that I was working diligently in my office at OLR when I should have already been at St. James for adoration and confession (sorry, diligent adorers). With that said, I had the foresight to check the calendar to see how many more bulletins I have before we all know the initial draft plan for Beacons of Light, and it turns out it’s just two. With that in mind, I feel the need to both prepare our parishes spiritually and get a few last words in before I can be accused of speaking with some ulterior motive. So, before we get to the public comment period, we should listen well to the words that St. James offers us in the second reading for this weekend. Click on title for full column.