May 20, 2022

That College Inn has been replaced by Chipotle on the hallowed UVA Corner is a sure sign that the world is falling apart and that the “centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.” (Yeats). Well, that’s a little extreme, but still – Chipotle? What’s next to go – the White Spot replaced by Wawa?

“Jesus left the temple and was walking away when his disciples came up to him to call his attention to its buildings. “Do you see all these things?” he asked. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.” (Matthew 24: 1-2)

Admittedly the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem must have truly felt like “the end of the world as we know it.”(REM) Thankfully, your hope and foundation and still point and mooring is not in the transient or ephemeral, but in and on the Solid Rock. Not even death could do Him in!!!!

“O God, you have prepared for those who love you such good things as surpass our understanding: Pour into our hearts such love towards you, that we, loving you in all things and above all things, may obtain your promises, which exceed all that we can desire; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.” (Sixth Sunday of Easter – BCP)