As we get closer to the Nativity Feast, it is a joy to participate regularly in the Holy Mysteries.
Many things work against us to try to take us away from the regular participation in the mysteries of the Faith. Take heart and have Faith.
Christ bids us to come to Him, all who are heavy laden and He will give us rest. Divine worship is also about laying down the things of the world and taking upon ourselves heavenly things. This is why confession is heard before the Liturgy. We are Christians who are witness to the miracle of the Eucharist; partakers of the Cup of salvation. Heaven draws near and we are truly amongst the angels and archangels. With them, Christ is in our midst.
A note: Tacitus opined that when the Romans wanted to arrest the Christians, he said that to do so, one merely had to discover the location where they met, because on Sunday, all of the Christians would be there. Not some... all of them. For it had become known that those who were not at the worship of the Church were not 'in' the Church.
A stunning thought. We do not live in the danger of the police coming to round us up because of what we believe and profess as Christians. Well not yet... But let us do as it is said in the Divine Liturgy, "Let us who mystically represent the cherubim and sing the thrice holy hymn to the Life-giving Trinity, now lay aside all earthly cares... As we prepare to receive the King of All who is upborne upon the heavenly host'...
"Let us lay aside all earthly cares"...
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