Pilgrim path to heaven

As I read Elizabeth's entry about waiting and Liz's entry about the Communion of Saints that surround us every day, a true sense of comfort came over me.  Just knowing that the women on this blog are experiencing very different feelings and reflections this Lent makes me realize how similar and different our faith is.  It sounds so very contradictory.  As Catholics, we have the same routines that create a unity between us all no matter where you are in the country or in the world.  We can go to Mass in Italy and still generally understand what is going on around us.  However, our individual relationships with God are so different...at least how we view them.  Some of us talk to Him in a very formal manner, some are extremely free and speak to Him like a best bud, but we all find some comfort in Him.

Today, I am trying so hard to just remember the Communion of Saints, the community around me, and the relationship I have with God above.  We are on our "Pilgrim path to Heaven" and we have to make the choices along that path.  This is the second time in over a year that a priest has been removed from the priesthood in my life.  Today, there are so many questions going through my head and so much anger, but instead of letting that anger thrive, I'm working on my relationship with God.  These are the times that Satan thrives.  He feeds on these moments and wants nothing more than to bring us Christians down.

I'm reminded of C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. Lewis satirizes Satan and writes from his perspective.  “We want the Church to be small not only that fewer men know the Enemy but also that those who do may acquire the uneasy intensity and the defensive self-righteousness of a secret society or a clique.” Well, Satan, you're not getting me this time.  I am a Catholic Christian and I'm proud of it.