A word of hope from Caryll Houselander for those of us who go to Mass distracted,  maybe not quite awake, no inspiration, perhaps with a heart that feels dull and cold, but with the firm intention and desire to worship and adore this One Who gives Himself to us beyond measure:

Every day crowds of unknown people come to him, who feel as hard, as cold, as empty as the tomb.  They come with the first light, before going to the day’s work, and with the grey mind of early morning, hardly able to concentrate at all on the mystery which they themselves are part of: impelled only by the persistent will of love, not by any sweetness of consolation, and it seems to them as if nothing happens at all.  But Christ’s response to that dogged, devoted will of a multitude of insignificant men is his coming to life in them, his resurrection in their souls.  In the eyes of the world they are without importance, but in fact, because of them and their unemotional communions, when the world seems to be finished, given up to hatred and pride, secretly, in unimaginable humility Love comes to life again.  There is resurrection everywhere. (The Risen Christ)

It’s a great word of hope also for us who may feel powerless in the face of the state of this world.   Because of us and our “unemotional communions”, Love comes to life again.  And that will change the world.