WALKING WITH THE LIVING GOD BY BISHOP F. RICHARD SPENCER
LITURGICAL PROCESSIONS are holy moments of walking with the living God! Religious processions are expressions of a people’s desire to walk in mutual harmony toward and with their God. This past Christmas Eve, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Father Jason Hesseling and his chapel community decided that an outdoor procession flowing from the Christmas Mass within the military housing communities would provide comfort and beg protection during the current pandemic. So, in nine-degree Fahrenheit weather, we went forth in a liturgical procession. The event was being streamed live on Facebook. Families would gather on their front porches with lighted candles to join with their prayers as the procession passed and receive a blessing with the Blessed Sacrament within the monstrance. Led by a large cross our Christmas procession expressed the fact that our Christian life is a constant movement toward God. Even within a pandemic, our prayer is always “walking with God” in the good times and difficult times of our lives. Our particular procession included Bill Nance, Senior, as the
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