Just last Sunday we heard in the Book of Revelation how those who worship before God’s throne “will not hunger or thirst anymore. . . . and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Christianity, despite what you may read in the news, is not easy. Jesus talks of glory at the Last Supper but that’s after he’s talked about Passion and suffering for quite a while.

Montgomery, Alabama took an unexpected turn toward establishing a new order in race relations in March 2013 when the city’s police chief issued an apology to Congressman John Lewis, a leader in the 1960s civil rights movement, for the role Montgomery police played in the support of unjust laws and racial discrimination.

Our God asks us to love one another. For when we have not loved, we now ask for God’s forgiveness.

"I give you a new commandment: love one another.” Everything is new: “Behold, I make all things new.” A new door of faith has been opened. Isaiah’s words are referred to but mean something new.

How do people know you’re Catholic? Is it because of your jewelry, the crosses that dangle from your ears, or the really nice crucifix on the gold chain around your neck? Perhaps it’s the bumper sticker or the rosary swinging from your rearview mirror.

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language and next year’s words await another voice. —T. S. Eliot