I look on the charred sections of this great Cathedral and remember Christ’s wonderful, strange words: “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” Ours is a world of innumerable wonders; it is also a place of undeniable impermanence—a place where “moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal” (Matthew 6:19).
In these sobering moments, may we look to Christ, whose death and resurrection show us that, though death and destruction are cause for lament, they will not have the last word. Our earthly temples will crumble, but the temple of Christ’s body endures. - Cameron McCallister
