Today I celebrate my birthday, but what does it meant to
celebrate? “As for me, I shall behold
your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your
likeness.”[i] In beholding the face of God, man’s life
becomes fully meaningful; until then man is only half awake. In beholding of the face of God in worship
and in the beauty of creation, in art, literature, and music, we touch the very
essence of reality. To accept the vision
of the face of God, it is not enough to passively behold. In order to touch that very essence we must
learn to celebrate a feast and it is only in the Eucharistic Feast that
worship, beauty, art, literature and music find their truest unity and meaning. Even more than that, such beholding and
acceptance finds its central meaning in surrender and invitation as we pray, “Come
Lord Jesus, dwell in Thy servant in the fullness of Thy strength, in the
perfection of Thy ways, and in the holiness of Thy Spirit”[ii]
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