Sacrament of the Mundane
By: Rissa Singson
One December morning, I groggily sauntered to the bathroom.
The previous night, I was out late on a date, with my eldest sister tagging along as a third wheel.
That was a first since my Ate and I are ten years apart and never really became buddies.
As I brushed my teeth, I could hear my Dad helping my youngest sister carry her new oven downstairs.
It was going to be installed in her almost-finished house that day.
Then I remembered that my other Ate had checked in to give birth to her third daughter.
And soon, it would be my first Christmas Eve at home in years.
Suddenly, tears flooded my eyes.
What seemed like an ordinary day instantly became a memorable, special day because of the simplest of things.
Right then my heart overflowed with thanksgiving and praise to God for all the great things He was doing in my life.
What's even greater was the fact that I recognized them as they happened.
Every day, we have the chance to enjoy what I call the sacrament of the mundane, the serendipity of the divine in the ordinary.
Just like Mary, let's not let the great things of God pass us by.
Open your spirit to see Him at work in the most commonplace of things.
Then watch the normal turn into the extraordinary.
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Lord, let me not be blind to the great things You do in my life every day.
One December morning, I groggily sauntered to the bathroom.
The previous night, I was out late on a date, with my eldest sister tagging along as a third wheel.
That was a first since my Ate and I are ten years apart and never really became buddies.
As I brushed my teeth, I could hear my Dad helping my youngest sister carry her new oven downstairs.
It was going to be installed in her almost-finished house that day.
Then I remembered that my other Ate had checked in to give birth to her third daughter.
And soon, it would be my first Christmas Eve at home in years.
Suddenly, tears flooded my eyes.
What seemed like an ordinary day instantly became a memorable, special day because of the simplest of things.
Right then my heart overflowed with thanksgiving and praise to God for all the great things He was doing in my life.
What's even greater was the fact that I recognized them as they happened.
Every day, we have the chance to enjoy what I call the sacrament of the mundane, the serendipity of the divine in the ordinary.
Just like Mary, let's not let the great things of God pass us by.
Open your spirit to see Him at work in the most commonplace of things.
Then watch the normal turn into the extraordinary.
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Lord, let me not be blind to the great things You do in my life every day.
