06/04/2026
Forward Day by Day
THURSDAY, June 4 JOHN XXIII (ANGELO GIUSEPPE RONCALLI), Bishop, 1963
Psalm 84:1. "How dear to me is your dwelling, O Lord of hosts! My soul has a desire and longing for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh rejoice in the living God."
On the western tip of Wales, outside the city of St. David’s, there’s a windswept ruin of an ancient chapel dedicated to Saint Non. The stones still hold the semblance of structure: remnants of walls and a holy well. It’s so close to the ocean that the wind catches the spray and covers the site with a fine layer of mist. I was there in early March, and I was chilled to the bone.
The ruined chapel was, indeed, holy: austere, unfettered, clear, and thin. It was fully exposed—to the elements and to God. There was no place to hide, and the cold was invigorating.
Not far away, there’s a more modern chapel, constructed in 1934 from the stones of other ruins. I stepped inside and was struck by the stillness. This chapel was cold, but an orderly cold, without the wind or the seaspray or the mist. God was there, too, in that dwelling place: different, but just as holy.
MOVING FORWARD: Pay attention as you go about your day. Where do you sense God dwelling?
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