Waiting...

When you are three, you want to celebrate your next birthday, but you have to wait.

When you go to the doctor or dentist there is the "waiting room" and sometimes interesting magazines.

Waiting for the bus or train can make you anxious, especially if you are going to be late.

Sometimes we have to wait for difficult news from a blood test.

We wait in line at the market, the post office, or for a very popular scoop of ice cream.

Waiting for justice is an entirely different kind of waiting. Will the judge look at the evidence impartially? Did our lawyers present the best possible case? Will  our prayers be answered?

This Friday seems like a long time away. Our case for St. Mary's should finally be concluded by then.

My birthday is this Sunday. I know what I want for my birthday present this year. I was born on St. Luke's Day. He was the writer of one of the gospels and the book of Acts. He was a doctor, a healer.

St. Luke, pray for us.