"Even the sparrow finds a home"

I awoke today to a sound I have not heard since last Fall: birds chirping outside my window!  Spring is fast approaching!  How blessed I am to be following my vocation to the priesthood in a place of beauty and peace.  This is something I often forget.  What is more important, though, is that the most important place I reside is in the Lord's Presence.  I am reminded of one of my favorite psalms:

"How lovely is your dwelling place,

O LORD of hosts!

My soul longs, indeed it faints

for the courts of the LORD;

my heart and my flesh sing for joy

to the living God.

"Even the sparrow finds a home,

and the swallow a nest for herself,

where she may lay her young,

at your altars, O LORD of hosts,

my King and my God.

Happy are those who live in your house,

ever singing your praise."

Psalm 84:1-4             

Amen.