Tonight we attended a talk by Bishop Skilba from Milwaukee on the topic of Vatican II.
The Wausau deanery is celebrating the year of Faith of the Catholic Church by having a series of talks on variety of topics.
Bishop Skilba traced for us some of history of Vatican II and its various document teachings and his personal experience of having been present at the council as a observer and a student priest studying in Rome at that time.
He emphasized although the implementation has been slow what would have made things better if there would have been an explanation of the change,why the change was made and how this will now better help in furthering the awareness of the working of God in the world. He indicated the changes have only begun and we too often think of change as an instantaneous thing rather than a slow process.
These reflections have application to many things in our daily lives. Each day we deal with change and of course it is easier to change if we see the reason for the change and how it will bring something positive as an outcome.
So simple of principle but often forgotten. However,it is now a reminder for me to do this in my daily life as I deal with the changes I encounter.
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