Presiding

It’s been a long day but a good one and I get to preside for the first time for over three months.
It’s hard to explain what presiding at the Eucharist means to a priest but it’s a bit like coming home. For all the community work I do, I am still a priest. Without getting too pretentious as I stand at the altar I really do feel kind of like I stand at the meeting point.
A place where people meet with each other, all kinds, all classes…
A place where people meet with God at different stages of their journey…
And at the meeting point, I guess I am the host.