THOUGHT FOR FEBRUARY
Comfort in the Cathedral
Feel Welcome

What are you seeking for in this Cathedral
amongst these eternal stones?
A way of comfort?
A way to return to the times when everything seemed to be better?

A way to gain back your youth and the simplicity
Of communicating with people?
A way to the springtime of your dreams and your first love?
A way to find your inner self again?

Or are you looking for the comfort and understanding of your longing,
your desperation, the depth of the water
that is touching your lips, the darkness of the depth you are in,
the enclosure of the walls surrounding you?

The bitterness of your tears?
Or are you seeking for a fresh dawn,
a new light of comfort, a green oasis in the desert,
an encouragement for the days to come.

Words, solemn promises,
Or for that special person that will stand by you and tell you
“You will be here for Me, and I will always be there for Thee”?

Whoever you are and whatever you are seeking for,
Be welcome.

Dean Paul Van Herbruggen.

THOUGHT FOR FEBRUARY comes from
the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mechelen – Malines – Belgium.