11/26/2013 – Tuesday of 34th week in Ordinary Time – Luke 21:5-11

      Earlier this month I read an article on the internet about a dispute over which is the tallest building in the United States.  That distinction was held by a building in Chicago that most of us have known as the Sears Tower, but is now called the Willis Tower.  However, the New World Trade Center in New York was hoping to capture that honor.  A committee of expert architects had to decide if the tower on top of the New World Trade Center was an actual part of the building, or if it should be considered as a part that was added onto the building structure, sort of like a radio antenna.  The committee in architects ruled in favor of the New World Trade Center.  There is always a lot of pride and bragging rights for a city to claim the tallest building in the country.  We try to build bigger and better and taller structures, but ultimately they will be like the Temple in Jerusalem – doomed to fall, doomed to be destroyed.  The one eternal aspect of our lives here on earth is our faith.   Our faith can last until eternity if we foster it and nurture it and let it grow and develop.   Life will challenge us in many different ways, but our faith will get us through.  May we cling to that hope, may we endure in our faith.