Holiness outside a chapel

Sometimes, when we go through periods of major change in our lives, our prayers lives may seem to become unsettled or fall out of rhythm. Our schedule is different, our available time is different, and that includes the time we try to devote to prayer and to Christ. Last week (which feels more like a month ago), I moved to Ohio for the summer to perform with a company called Ohio Light Opera. OLO does the impossible and puts on seven shows during the course of the summer--simultaneously. In the two weeks since we arrived, we've already sung through six of the seven shows, fully choreographed and staged Kiss Me, Kate, and staged and choreographed a few scenes in Annie Get Your Gun. Now you may understand why each week has felt like a month! Before I left for Ohio, I attended Adoration a few times a week, participated in young adult events at church, and I had time in my schedule to pray when I wanted to. That is not the case here. But does that mean that Christ is any less present? Does that mean that he isn't calling me to holiness any less? Absolutely not.

Just as we are called to holiness in different vocations, careers, and hobbies, our call to holiness looks different in different phases of our life. In the past week, there's a part of me that has felt guilty for not taking my lunch and dinner breaks to go to the nearby chapel and pray for awhile. But after some reflection, I realized that God is more present to me in the little moments of my day right now than he is other places. I am called to sing and perform. Guess what I get to do and work on every day? Singing and performing. I am an extrovert and love getting to know new people. Guess what I am doing on my lunch and dinner breaks? Spending time with new people and developing relationships. There will be times during the summer that I will spend time in Adoration. And there will be times when I need to sit alone and just be with God one-on-one. But he is offering me this beautiful gift right now to see him in the people around me and in the music he has placed in my life. And I am so grateful for that.

​I am fascinated by the idea that we are called to holiness in different ways. And that goes for us as individuals just as it does for the world population. We are called to holiness differently as our lives change, and that is such a beautiful gift. Thank you, God, for allowing us to see you and answer your call in all the little moments of each day!

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