Msgr. Gregory E.S. Malovetz on Discipleship and Paying Attention

"She looked up at me wide-eyed. Her expression seemed to be asking, 'What is this song everyone is singing, and why don't I know it?' Born during the pandemic, her baptism delayed, three-year-old Lucy now joined her infant sister at the font for the sacrament. Celebrating during a Sunday Mass, the congregation was singing 'pray with us' as the cantor chanted the Litany of the Saints. I stooped down in front of her, holding her hand. Lucy followed my lips carefully and soon we were together singing 'pray with us.'

"It was an unplanned moment that became a photo op for relatives. And several parishioners commented on it as they later congratulated the family."

In a recent commentary, Msgr. Gregory E.S. Malovetz reflected on the call to discipleship being about listening, noticing, and paying attention.

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Aleteia: Msgr. Gregory E.S. Malovetz: Is discipleship mostly about paying attention? (8 SEP 23)