Dear Liturgical Lil,
I thought that St. Anselm is a Catholic Church, but it doesn’t look like any of the typical churches of any religion with which I am familiar. Your thoughts?
Signed,
Confused about the church
Dear Confused,
I must understand what you mean by church. Is “Church” to you the building where everyone gathers? Is that what you mean by typical, i.e., a “typical building?” Then what about those who gather in someone’s house, a school auditorium or even in an open field as in the poor villages or when St. Anselm’s bonfire mass? Do you believe these individuals are not at church?
Church is not defined by the building or the place where one gathers; rather the people who gather together create the Church. It is this community’s interaction, the feelings and the oneness that is generated from the congregation that create the Church. Christ many times held Church on the mountain side when preached to the crowds. So, the next time you are surrounded by people and feel good and the presence of God, you are at Church.
Please notice the difference in the writing of Church/church, when are in a church, you are in the building. When you are with the people and congregation, you are the Church.
Signed,
Liturgical Lil
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